Nadine Petty

Chief Diversity Officer & Associate Vice President
Phone: (603) 862-2800
Office: UNH Community, Equity & Diversity, Thompson Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Pronouns: She/her/hers

Having spent her early formative years in Jamaica, Dr. Nadine Petty comes to UNH with an international lens. Nadine has over twenty years of experience in educational settings, including fourteen years in higher education. For the majority of her personal life and professional career, she has devoted herself to a wide-range of diversity and social justice causes and endeavors which include teaching cultural ethnography in college classrooms, serving on and leading various diversity-related committees and boards, creating and strengthening services for individuals with marginalized identities, and providing numerous interactive diversity and social justice workshops and trainings to students, colleagues, and community members.

Prior to arriving at UNH, Nadine served as Executive Director of the Center for Diversity and Enrichment at the University of Iowa, where she led a large team of staff dedicated to the success of students with marginalized identities. Although she has been immersed in diversity, equity, and inclusion work for many years, Nadine believes she has only begun to scratch the surface of available knowledge and research, viewing herself as a lifelong learner and devotee of diversity and social justice issues. Nadine looks forward to working with her UNH colleagues in bridging gaps and creating meaningful impact, so that UNH can continue to develop its presence and identify as a highly informed and compassionate campus community where students, faculty, and staff can thrive, regardless of our backgrounds.