Dr. Felecia Diane McInnis Nave serves as the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Prairie View A&M University. In addition to this position, Dr. Nave also holds rank of professor of Chemical Engineering, and she is presently a member of the Texas A&M University System Graduate Faculty.
Dr. Nave joined the faculty as an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering and successfully matriculated through the ranks to professor in 2014. Prior to her current post, she served as the interim Assistant Dean in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering and then the Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, respectively. She served as the Associate Provost until her selection as Provost and Senior Vice President in 2014.
Dr. Nave is a graduate of Alcorn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. She also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.
Dr. Nave’s research interests include:
- Issues impacting the recruitment, retention, and persistence of African-American and women students in STEM disciplines
- Issues impacting the professional development, advancement and persistence of women faculty and students in engineering
- Curriculum development in the areas of bioengineering and nanotechnology
- Modification of surface chemistry to achieve selective separation using functionally specified membranes and thin films
- Design, development and characterization of new materials for biological applications including: (a) targeted drug delivery and (b) biosensors
Dr. Nave has received over $3M in funding from agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense (DOD), ExxonMobil, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Engineering Information Foundation and PVAMU Research Foundation to advance both her technical and education related research agenda.
Dr. Nave’s scholarship has been published and presented at the following local, regional and national conferences:
- International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM)
- North American Membrane Society (NAMS)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Frontiers in Engineering (FIE)
- Faculty Resource Network Online Journal
- National Association of Student Affairs Professional (NASAP) Journal
- Separation & Technology
Dr. Felecia Diane McInnis Nave
Provost and Senior Vice President Academic Affairs
Prairie View A&M University
