Nicole Merhill is the Director of Harvard University’s Office for Gender Equity and also serves as the University’s Title IX Coordinator. In her role, Nicole oversees OGE’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Resources and Education (SHARE) Team, Title IX Team, and Prevention Education Team. In her capacity as University Title IX Coordinator, Nicole is responsible for Harvard’s overall Title IX system, as well as services within it, including: direct support and consultation to the University’s 60+ Title IX Resource Coordinators; development and implementation of education programming and prevention efforts; and direct support to community members.

Nicole serves as a member representative for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Action Collaborative, of which Harvard University is a founding member. For four years, Nicole served as the co-lead of the Working Group on Evaluation: Measuring Climate and Gauging Progress on Campus and presently serves as Harvard’s Working Group representative on the Using Climate Data to Inform Action project. Nicole also served on the Survey Design Team (SDT) for the Association of American Universities (AAU) Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct and the 2024 Higher Education Sexual Misconduct and Awareness (HESMA) Survey, collaborating with SDT members in the design and implementation of the 2019 AAU Survey and 2024 HESMA Survey, respectively.

Nicole has more than 20 years of civil rights experience in various protected class statuses, including sex, race, color, national origin, disability, and age. Nicole is a licensed attorney and holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and English from Purdue University (1998), and a J.D. and a Master of Education Law from the University of New Hampshire School of Law (2001).