Quienton Nichols, PhD is currently Assistant Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work and Human Services at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia a suburb of Atlanta Georgia. He received his MSW from the University of Georgia in 1990 and PhD in Social Work Policy, Administration and Social Science Clark Atlanta University in 2007. While at KSU, Dr. Nichols has had administrative appointments as the Director of the Child Welfare Scholars Program and Director of MSW Field Education and is currently specializes in Policy development and race relations as a commissioner on the President's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Dialogue (CORED). He was invited internationally to participate in the Oxford Round Table's Annual Spring 2011 Session inOxford, England on Nationality, Religion and Immigration.
He has published on child welfare retention and is also the author of Connecting Core Competencies: A Workbook for Social Work Students.