Cindy Nover, PhD, LICSW

About

Cindy Nover started teaching in EWU’s School of Social Work in 2013 after completing a doctorate in social work at the University of Utah. She previously received a master’s degree in social work from California State University, Sacramento, and worked as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW/LICSW) in California and Washington, D.C.

During her clinical social work career, Nover worked in short- and long-term residential mental health care and medical (primary care and hospital) social work. Prior to her career in social work, Nover worked in K-12 education, public radio and welfare-rights advocacy. She served in the U.S. Peace Corps (Philippines) from 2003-2005.

In addition to her work at EWU, Nover works as a licensed independent clinical social worker in Washington and has a private practice providing clinical supervision to LICSW and LMHC candidates working in the fields of mental health, domestic violence, hospice, developmental disabilities, and Native mental health/domestic violence. She is also the founder and owner of Sagebrush Crossing, an End-of-Life Space. She has served on the board of directors for Center for Justice and Odyssey Youth Movement and currently serves on the board of End of Life Washington and facilitates workshops for the Alternatives to Violence Project, an initiative that promotes conflict resolution and nonviolence in prisons, schools and the community.

Nover teaches diversity and practice classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as courses on clinical diagnosis and evidence-based treatment in the advanced master of social work curriculum. Nover’s current research projects and interests include Death with Dignity and disability.