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Emily McCave, PhD, MSW, LCSW is Professor of Social Work in the Quinnipiac MSW Program. She areas of teaching include beginning direct practice with individuals and families; cultural humility and anti-oppressive social work, social welfare and social policy; theories of human behavior; and serves a field liaison for students in their first year field placements.
Emily McCave's professional background is focused on mental health treatment to individuals and families. She specializes in working with children with trauma. Her scholarship areas have focused on the importance of prevention and public health approaches to social work, promoting sexual and reproductive health, providing affirmative practice to LGBTQ populations, and innovations in interprofessional healthcare education. She regularly supervises medical students in their capstone research projects who have similar research interests. She has also served as the program evaluator for the WV Healthy Start Program, whose goal is to reduce infant mortality.
Outside of her work as a professor, she is a certfied Mental Health First Aid trainer and regularly provides training both within the university and in surrounding communities. Emily McCave is the former President of the Southern CT Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In that capacity, she coordinated the Hamden Out of the Darkness Walk for three years, with the last year raising over $100,000 for national and local suicide prevention efforts.
Emily McCave's professional background is focused on mental health treatment to individuals and families. She specializes in working with children with trauma. Her scholarship areas have focused on the importance of prevention and public health approaches to social work, promoting sexual and reproductive health, providing affirmative practice to LGBTQ populations, and innovations in interprofessional healthcare education. She regularly supervises medical students in their capstone research projects who have similar research interests. She has also served as the program evaluator for the WV Healthy Start Program, whose goal is to reduce infant mortality.
Outside of her work as a professor, she is a certfied Mental Health First Aid trainer and regularly provides training both within the university and in surrounding communities. Emily McCave is the former President of the Southern CT Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In that capacity, she coordinated the Hamden Out of the Darkness Walk for three years, with the last year raising over $100,000 for national and local suicide prevention efforts.
Education
- BSW, Juniata College
- MSW, Washington University
- PHD, University of Kansas
Areas of Expertise
- Game-based learning
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Suicide prevention
- Mental Health/Behavioral Health/Psychology/Psychiatry
- Cultural Humility
Organization
- Social Work
Office Location
- Medicine, Nursing, Health Sci
Mail Drop
- NH-HSC
Quinnipiac Today
Experience
Wellmore Behavioral Health
Per Diem Crisis Clinician
Waterbury, CT
2021 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Professor of Social Work
Hamden, CT
2020 - Present
Quinnipiac University
Interim Associate Chair
Hamden, CT
2018 - 2019
Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor
Hamden, CT
2016 - 2020
Quinnipiac University
Acting Director
Hamden, CT
2015 - 2015
Quinnipiac University
Assistant Professor
Hamden, CT
2013 - 2016
WV Healthy Start/HAPI Project
Program Evaluator
Morgantown, WV
2013 - 2021
Family Service and Guidance Center
Outpatient Clinician
Topeka, KS
2004 - 2005
Kennebec Valley Mental Health Center
Outpatient Clinician
Waterville, ME
2004 - 2004
Good Will Hinckley
Youth Services Clinician
Hinckley, ME
2003 - 2004
St. Louis Arc
Developmental Service Professional
St. Louis, MO
2003 - 2003
Selected Publications
Invited Speaker
Effective Approaches to Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
McCave, E. & Jacobson, S.
Zoom , Yale New Haven Health (2023)
Book review
Dismantling the Racism Machine: A Manual and Toolbox
Gaffney, K.
224 pages (Routledge 2023)
Forthcoming Peer Reviewed Journal
Only The dynamic duo: Use of standardized clients across the social work practice and field curricula
Jacobson, S., Mutrie, L., Kelly, A. & McCave, E.
Journal of Social Work Education (2023)
Chapter
Rethinking Social Work Education in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Social Work Scholars and Leaders
Jacobson, S.A. & McCave, E.
Teaching Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond as the New Normal in Connecticut, USA 1st ed. 17-25 Solana Beach, CA (Cognella, Inc. 2023)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
The Case of "John Doe": Practicing IP Core Competencies through an IPE Escape Room.
McCave, E.
Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education conference, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Jefferson University (2023)
Peer Reviewed Poster
Employing Expert Patients in IPE Simulation to Promote High Quality Healthcare with Transgender Patients
McCave, E., Hartmann, K., & Ceccolini, G.
Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education conference, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas Jefferson University (2023)
Conference Presentation
Practicing Difficult Conversations: Suicide Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
Jacobson, S., McCave, E.
National Association of Social Workers Connecticut Annual Statewide Conference, Mystic, CT, National Association of Social Workers - Connecticut Chapter (2022)
Invited Speaker
Being the Calm in the Stress Storm
McCave, E.
Compassion: A Path to Global Well-Being, Hamden, CT, Quinnipiac University (2022)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Utilizing Change Leadership Within Social Work Education to Prioritize and Expand Interprofessional Education in a University Setting: A Case Study
McCave, E.L., Mutrie, L., Doyle, M.H., Jacobson, S., Kelly, A.
20(2) Advances in Social Work 497-514 Summer (2020)
Peer Reviewed Journal
Promoting Affirmative Transgender Health Care Practice Within Hospitals: An IPE Standardized Patient Simulation for Graduate Health Care Learners
McCave, E.L., Aptaker, D., Hartmann, K.D., Zucconi, R.
MedEdPORTAL: The Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources December (2020)
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Using standardized actors to practice social work skills: Measuring impact on competency.
Jacobson, S., Mutrie, L., McCave, E., Kelly, A.
Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO, Council on Social Work Education (2019)