Dr. Nicole Arrighi serves as the TSU Faculty Athletics Representative. She serves as the Assistant Dean of Teacher Education at Tennessee State University. Arrighi has additional appointments as the Faculty Athletic Representative and NCAA Division 1 Council member for the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), HBCU C2 Curriculum specialist for the National Center of Smart Technology, ACUE Facilitator, adjunct professor for Trevecca Nazarene University, and online instructor for the Tennessee Board of Regents – TNeCampus (including 8 years as a faculty mentor).
Recognized as a 2017 ATHENA Young Professional nominee and 2015 Women of Distinction in the field of education, Arrighi trains teachers and students on how to incorporate technology within the classroom, presents nationally and internationally on topics such as classroom management, Millennial learners, and digital citizenship, and continues to work diligently in her field preparing pre-professional educators for teaching, learning, and advocacy of children and public education. Her higher education online training and consulting involved several historically black institutions, K-12 school districts, and internationally in England, Senegal, and most recently the United Nations (UNESCO) 2014 mobile learning week. She served as a senior member of the National Education Association’s Content Quality & Review board which recommended online professional development courses to the NEA Academy, and taught five years as an educator for Metro-Nashville Public Schools.
As a member of International Forum for Women in eLearning, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and other professional organizations, Arrighi encourages mentoring and networking as a means of building community, developing citizenship and responsibility, and promoting a society in which everyone's role is valued.
Arrighi has one child, Giselle. They reside in the Nashville, TN.
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