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Nicolette Cagle

Senior Lecturer in the Division of Environmental Social Systems
Environmental Social Systems
Box 90328, Grainger Hall, Durham, NC 27708
9 Circuit Drive, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Senior Lecturer in the Division of Environmental Social Systems · 2025 - Present Environmental Social Systems, Nicholas School of the Environment

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Policy · 2021 - 2025 Nicholas School of the Environment
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion · 2022 - 2025 Nicholas School of the Environment
Lecturer in Environmental Science and Policy · 2013 - 2021 Nicholas School of the Environment
Visiting Lecturer · 2013 - 2013 Nicholas School of the Environment
Lecturing Fellow in the Thompson Writing Program · 2011 - 2013 Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Instructor, Temporary in NSOE Distributed · 2009 - 2011 Nicholas School of the Environment

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


  • Associate Dean, Nicholas School, Duke University, Durham, NC (2021 to 2025)
  • Director of Research Translation, Superfund Research Center, Duke University, Durham, NC (2024 to 2025)
  • Director, NSOE Undergraduate Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Duke University, Durham, NC (2020 to 2021)
  • Director, NSOE Communications Studio, Duke University, Durham, NC (2014 to 2021)
  • Director, NSOE K-12 Diversity Pathway Programs, Duke University, Durham, NC (2017 to 2020)
  • Director, Environmental Science Summer Program, Duke University, Durham, NC (2012 to 2025)
  • Interim Project Manager, NAAEE & C&NN Collaborative Research Library, Durham, NC (2018)