Dr. Jane Nichols
Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

Phone: (775) 784-4901
Fax: (775) 784-1127
E-mail: Jane_Nichols@nshe.nevada.edu

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Jane Nichols was appointed by Chancellor James E. Rogers to serve as Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs starting September 1, 2005. Since resigning as Chancellor in 2004, she has been serving as Nevada’s representative on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and is on advisory boards for the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and the National Collaborative for Post Secondary Education Policy.

Prior to this appointment, she served as Chancellor from 2000 to 2004 and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs for three years.

Previous to joining the NSHE in 1997, Nichols was an associate dean for the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. From 1990 to 1995, she was coordinator for the university's core curriculum/university assessment and was an associate professor in the Department of Social Work from 1984 to 1990.

Nichols earned an Ed.D. in higher education with a concentration in administration and statistics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She also holds a master's degree in social work with emphasis in administration and casework from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and a B.A. (with distinction) in psychology from Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College).