Professor

Office Address: 
355C DeVos Center
School of Social Work
401 Fulton Street West
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Phone Number: 
(616) 331-6446

Email Address: 
[email protected]

Office Hours (no summer office hours):
Tuesdays: 9 am - 12 pm (virtual)
Wednesdays: 10 am -1 pm (in person)

Teaching Areas:
SW 340: Human Behavior & the Social Environment I
SW 341: Human Behavior & the Social Environment II
SW 430: Social Work Research
SW 620: Human Behavior and the Social Environment
SW 670: Social Work Practice With Individuals
SW 674: Social Work Practice: Families and Children
SW 691: Social Research II

Experience:
Emily has been an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University since Fall 2017.  In addition to social work, Emily is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), with an emphasis on working with victims of sexual violence and intimate partner violence through trauma-informed interventions and helping family members and romantic partners of victims appropriately respond to and cope with the trauma. Emily’s scholarship and community engagement is aimed at improving service delivery for victims of gender-based violence, specifically how college campuses can better respond to sexual violence.  Her research focuses on how federal guidances and policies influence the implementation of sexual violence investigation, intervention, and prevention services on college campuses, and how college campuses can more effectively meet the needs of victims. Emily believes in building connections with her students and believes that the student-faculty relationship is the primary factor in student success.

Education: Dr. Nichol’s curriculum vitae. 
2020: PhD - Human Development and Family Studies.  Concentration: Couple and Family Therapy - Michigan State University
MSW - Clinical Social Work - Michigan State University
BA - Family Community Services - Michigan State University