Profile
Hunter College welcomes Dr. Nicole “Niki” Bennett as Associate Provost. An experienced teacher, scholar and higher education administrator, Nicole comes to Hunter from West Chester University where she was Vice Provost for Research and Faculty Development. Previously, she served at Appalachian State University as Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics. From 2013 to 2016 she was Program Officer for the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education, focusing on STEM development. An accomplished scientist as well as administrator, she earned a BS in chemistry from UNC-Chapel Hill and a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.