Nina Harris

Nina Harris serves as the associate dean for academic and student affairs in the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. A skilled administrator with over 35 years of higher education experience, specializing in developing and administering successful undergraduate, graduate and leadership development programs at major universities, Harris provides direction to all current and developing academic initiatives in the School.

Harris teaches Leadership and Social Identity and Pluralism courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. A passionate educator who focuses on self-awareness, social and emotional intelligence, personal development and ethics as tools to develop leaders for a pluralistic society, she joined the University of Maryland community in 1999. Prior to coming to Maryland, she spent 12 years at the University of Delaware.

Harris is a leader and a manager whose blend of academic and student affairs experience ensures a holistic approach to program design, implementation and delivery. Her current interests include understanding the development of ethics and integrity in student leaders; and, the role involvement in co-curricular activities and organizations plays in African American students' adjustment to life during and after college.

Harris has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and criminal justice, a master’s degree in liberal studies, and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Delaware.