Nina M. McCune has served as faculty and in leadership positions, with an increasing focus on interventions that strengthen equity outcomes. In 2020, she was awarded a NISOD Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Sean and Jennifer Eplett Reilly Chancellor's Endowed Professorship at Baton Rouge Community College, due in part to an Equity Institute she launched to improve persistence and completion within general education course outcomes. In 2021, she joined Walden University as the Associate Dean for Inclusive Teaching and Learning environments, where she collaborates and directs systemic transformations that elevate the inherent worth, dignity, and humanity for all involved in the learning process. Dr. McCune holds an EdD in Adult Learning and Development with a specialization in Community College Leadership from Northwestern State University in Louisiana, a MA in the Social Sciences with a concentration on History, and a BA in Germanic Languages and Literature from the University of Chicago.