Nicola Ricker serves as Interim School Dean for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). A biology faculty member with more than 15 years of higher education teaching experience, she has been a full-time faculty member at CT State Three Rivers since 2013. Her experience includes teaching biology, anatomy and physiology as well as curriculum development, program assessment, institutional accreditation and shared governance leadership. She most recently served as a Strategic Planning Fellow for CT State and has held numerous faculty leadership roles, including Vice President of Faculty and has chaired several College Senate committees.
Prior to joining Three Rivers, Ricker taught at New England Institute of Technology, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Mitchell College and Lincoln College of New England. She holds a B.S. degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and an M.S. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of New Haven. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Community College Leadership at Old Dominion University.
