PhD, Higher Education Administration, University of South Florida
MEd, College Student Affairs, University of South Florida
BA, Psychology, University of South Florida
Teaching
SAE 729 Foundations of Research
SAE 766 Research Methods & Data Analysis
SAE 767 Evaluation and Assessment
SAE 749 Student Outcomes
Professional experience
Publications
West, N. M. (2020). A contemporary portrait of Black women student affairs administrators in the United States. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education. doi:10.1080/26379112.2020.1728699
West, N. M., & Greer, A. J. (2019). Forecasting the future success of Black American women in student affairs. Negro Educational Review, 70(1-4), 27-54.
West, N. M. (2019). Another lesson from the outsider within: The transcendent relevance of Black Feminist Thought. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. doi:10.1080/19496591.2019.1662797
West, N. M. (2019). By us, for us: The impact of a professional counterspace on African American women in student affairs. Journal of Negro Education, 88(2), 159-180.
West, N. M. (2018). In the company of my sister-colleagues: Professional counterspaces for African American women student affairs administrators. Gender and Education, 31(4), 543-559.
West, N. M., & Bertrand Jones, T. (2018). Architects of change in the ivory tower: The role of professional counterspaces for Black women in higher education. In U. Thomas (Ed.), Navigating micro-aggressions toward women in higher education (pp. 23-52). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
West, N. M. (2017). Withstanding our status as outsiders-within: Professional counterspaces for African American women student affairs administrators. NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, 10(3), 281-300.
West, N. M. (2017). A decade of a student affairs preconference program: Perceptions and characteristics of African American Women’s Summit participants (2005-2015).The College Student Affairs Journal, 35(1), 69-85.
West, N. M. (2017). The African American Women’s Summit: A student affairs professional development program. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 54(3), 329-342.
Research and professional interests
Enhancing the experiences of Black women enrolled and employed in higher education