Santa Clara University

Laura Nichols

Associate Professor of Sociology




Department Chair
Office: O'Connor 304
Phone: 408/551-7131
email: lnichols@scu.edu

Dr. Nichols' research is in the areas of:  participatory program planning and evaluation,  the application of sociology in non-profit organizations, the study of inequalities, the experiences of first generation college students, and teaching about inequality.  She has most recently published in Evaluation and Program Planning, Violence Against Women, Teaching Sociology, Thought & Action, Social Insight, Journal of Negro Education, and Journal of Vocational Behavior.

At Santa Clara she teaches Applied Sociology, Social Stratification, Principles of Sociology, Group Dynamics, Qualitative Sociology.

Curriculum Vita

Unhoused Riders on Bus Line 22

Autobiographies of First Generation College Students