Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD
Director, PH IDEAS Workforce and Strategic Partnerships
About Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro
Dr. Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro is the PH-IDEAS Director of Workforce and Strategic Partnerships in the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis. She is also the Program Director for Innovative Non-Profit and Foundations Engaged Research (INFER) in the Department of Research Development at the University of Memphis. Dr. Saulsberry-Scarboro is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. She is passionate about moving her community forward and has worked for over 20 years as an administrator successfully developing, implementing and monitoring projects and initiatives that help people thrive. Specifically, she has successfully led efforts to assist families dealing with mental illness, increase university grantsmanship, improve college access and success, increase employment opportunities for entry-level workers, improve collaboration among human and social services agencies to more efficiently and effectively assist clients as they move themselves to economic self-sufficiency, promote education as a civil right and personal responsibility, create more financially savvy Tennesseans, improve healthy living habits, and increase exposure to STEM coursework and careers.
In addition to her extensive and varied work experiences, Dr. Saulsberry-Scarboro is a formally trained educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Emory University, a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership from the University of Memphis, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Saulsberry-Scarboro has been happily married to Dr. Douglas Scarboro for over 23 years and they have two sons, both of whom, like herself, are elementary school graduates of the University of Memphis Campus School.