Nichole Huff

Professional Profile

Dr. Nichole Huff is an Assistant Extension Professor of Family Finance and Resource Management in the School of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Huff's work focuses on improving the financial and mental well-being of individuals and families across the lifespan, with applied research designed to educate, equip, and strengthen human relationships. Dr. Huff teaches courses in Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Sciences, and Family Financial Counseling, and co-directs Education Abroad programs focused on health and well-being in Greece and Costa Rica.

Through her role as an Extension Specialist with the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, Dr. Huff develops initiatives designed to help people build financial, social, and human capital vital to improving resilience. She has received numerous national and state awards recognizing these efforts. Additionally, Dr. Huff is skilled at creating professional development resources. She has received extramural funding awards through USDA-NIFA, including the grant PROFIT (Promoting Recovery Online through Financial Instruction & Addiction Training), an online course for educators and practitioners that leverages financial literacy education to address the Overdose Epidemic. Further, Dr. Huff leads the Personal Finance team of OneOp, a collaboration between the Department of Defense, USDA, and Cooperative Extension that offers multidisciplinary online professional development for military service providers.