Nikesha Nesbitt has been named dean of the University College at Arkansas State University, assuming a role she had held on an interim basis since the end of the spring semester.
Nesbitt was previously associate dean of University College. Past roles include program director for integrative studies, associate director of undergraduate studies, instructor and adviser. She joined A-State as a graduate assistant in 2006.
“Dr. Nesbitt has worked with the chancellor and me all summer on projects to reorganize programs within University College and across the campus, and she has done an outstanding job in both suggesting improvements and implementing positive change,” Calving White, provost and executive vice chancellor, said in a news release. “The more we worked with Dr. Nesbitt, the more we realized that the right person for this position was here all along.”
Nesbitt has served on the university’s Honors Council advisory committee since 2013, as a Faculty Senate representative since 2014, and a First in the Pack mentor since July 2017. She has volunteered as a Sister-2-Sister faculty adviser and as a member of the A-State Alumni Association’s Emerging Young Alumni Selection Committee.
Nesbitt earned her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and her master’s in English at A-State. She earned a doctorate in educational leadership at A-State in 2020.
“I’m truly honored that Chancellor Shields and Provost White offered me this opportunity to serve in this capacity,” Nesbitt said in the release. “I’m excited and look forward to collaborating with wonderful colleagues across campus to further enhance the student experience.”
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