An American Studies graduate of Yale University, she received her Ph.D. in American Studies from Boston University. Nix was part of the steering committee for Baltimore ’68, and with project organizers Jessica Elfenbein and Tom Hollowak, she co-edited an anthology entitled Baltimore ’68: Riots and Rebirth in an American City (Temple University Press, 2011). With Cherstin Lyon and Rebecca Shrum she co-wrote Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017). She has lived with her husband Andy Imparato, a disability-rights advocate, in Baltimore City since 1994 and in Baltimore’s Union Square neighborhood since 2000. Her two sons graduated from Baltimore City College High School.