Dr. Carole Richardson
Interim Provost and Vice-President, Academic
Dr. Carole Richardson is an accomplished leader with extensive experience as a senior academic administrator. She has served Nipissing University in a variety of academic leadership roles, including Provost and Vice President, Academic and Research (Interim); Dean of Education and Professional Studies; and Dean of the Schulich School of Education. She has also held the position of Associate Dean and has been a dedicated faculty member at Nipissing since 2002, teaching Curriculum Studies in Music Education to pre-service teachers.
Before joining Nipissing, Dr. Richardson taught classroom music in middle schools across Ontario and in the Cayman Islands, where she also assembled and conducted choirs—a passion she continued to nurture within the University community. Her research focuses on collaborative narrative inquiry as methodology and explores the transformative role of Arts experiences in students’ lives. She has also published in the areas of special education and international teaching.
Dr. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Acadia University, an Artist Diploma from the University of Toronto, as well as a Bachelor of Education, Master of Education, and PhD in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto.