Nichole M. Garcia

Nichole M. Garcia, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Her research focuses on the educational experiences of racially minoritized students, Women of Color Feminisms, Critical Race Theory, and the development of Critical Race Feminista mixed- methodologies. She is co-editor of QuantCrit: An Antiracist Quantitative Approach to Educational Inquiry (Routledge, 2023) and the book series Justice by the Numbers: Advancing QuantCrit for Anti-Racist Quantitative Research (Routledge, 2024–2028). Her forthcoming books include LatinX Students in Higher Education: Re-Envisioning Student Success (Routledge, 2025) and Story(ing) Statistical Strategies using a Critical Race Feminista Quantitative Praxis (Routledge, in press). Dr. Garcia is the recipient of the 2024 AERA Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award and Rutgers’ Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. She currently serves as 2026 Conference Chair for the Association for the Study of Higher Education and is a 2025–2026 CENTRO Fellow at Hunter College.