Dr. Monica Nixon serves as Assistant Provost for Inclusion and Diversity/Chief Diversity Officer at Saint Joseph’s University. Previously she served in student affairs and administrative leadership at Seattle University, Colgate University, the University of Puget Sound, and the University of Virginia.

Monica received her M.Ed. in Counselor Education in 1999 and B.A. in English 1995 from the University of Virginia. In 2013 she earned an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington, where her dissertation focused on the positionality and agency of women of color chief diversity officers in higher education institutions.