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Carol Bailey Nichols, PhD LSW (she/her/hers)

PhD Candidate
University of Pittsburgh

Bailey Nichols, PhD, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work in August 2025. She graduated from Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR) in 2013 with a B.S. in Biology and minors in Dietetics and Psychology. Upon graduating, she spent four years in Wilmington, Delaware serving in various roles within the non-profit, UrbanPromise. UrbanPromise provides after school programs, summer camps, a job training program for teenagers and an affordable private elementary school and high school. Her experience at UrbanPromise informed her decisions to pursue both her MSW and PhD at the University of Pittsburgh.

In her doctoral education, Bailey served on multiple research teams. Bailey has been a program evaluator on a pilot project designed to increase access to mental healthcare within African American faith communities. Through her scholarship, Bailey intends to advance social work education, increase social workers cultural competence, and strengthen both the accessibility and delivery of holistic integrated healthcare. She is currently working as a practitioner scholar in a Pittsburgh nonprofit school.

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