Jamee Nixon graduated from Northwest Nazarene University(College) in June of 1997 with a BS in Biology, Pre-Med Tech emphasis. In May of 1999, she received an MS in Molecular Biology and Immunology from the University of Southern Maine and then a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology in July of 2005 from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Currently, she is an associate professor in biology at Northwest Nazarene University where she has been full time since August of 2007.