Dr. Brenita Nicholas-Edwards
Assistant Vice President for Global Engagement
Contact Information
AdministrationDirector of the Center for Global Engagement
740-392-6868 Ext. 4121Email Dr. Nicholas-Edwards
In The News
MVNU hosts Global Missions Forum alongside international missionaries
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (October 31, 2022) —Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Center for Global Engagement recently hosted the Global Missions Forum and Strategic Planning event on campus Oct. 17-21.
Professional Experience
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH
- Assistant Vice President for Global Engagement, 2022 – present
- Director of the Center for Global Engagement, 2021 – present
- Professor of Intercultural Studies, 2021 – present
- Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, 2016-2022
- Professor of Social Work, 2013 – 2021
- Adjunct Professor of Comparative Research Methods and Dissertation Mentor, 2018 – present
- Director of Regional Operations, 2011 – 2013
- Adjunct Instructor and Fulltime Doctoral Research, 2010 – 2011
- Associate Professor of Social Work, 1995 – 2010
- Coordinator of HLC Reaffirmation of Accreditation, 2005 – 2010
- Social Work Field Education Director, 1995 – 2005
- Clinical Social Worker, 1993 – 1995
Awards and Recognitions
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH
- President’s Award for Faculty Member of the Year, 2017-2018
- President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005- 2006
- Fulbright Fellow, 2002 – 2003, Grant funded 12-months of qualitative field work and semi-structured interviews exploring the needs, networks (the creation and use of social capital), and resiliencies among Romanian street children in Bucharest, Romania.
- Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor’s Society, May 2012 (doctoral studies)
- College of Social Work Full Tuition Fellowship, 1992-1993
- Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor’s Society, May 1993 (graduate studies)
- Ph.D. in International Social Work with concentrations in Social Development and Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (2011)
- M.S.W. with a Clinical concentration in Child and Family Welfare, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1993)
- B.S. in Social Work, Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois (1991)
FROM THE
FACULTY.
"(MVNU professors) feel a great weight of responsibility to get it right for the students who enter our community each year."
John Ballenger - Director of the Writing Lab, Assistant Professor of English