J. Randall Nichols
Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and Lecturer in Theology and Communication
Department of Practical Theology
213 Speer Library
Phone: 609.497.7875
Fax: 609.497.1826
Email: randall.nichols@ptsem.edu

J. Randall Nichols is Princeton Theological Seminary’s director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, and lecturer in theology and communication. He earned his B.D. (M.Div.) and Ph.D. from Princeton Seminary in 1967 and 1970 respectively. His teaching and research focus on human communication dynamics and behavior in theological perspective, with a particular interest in preaching, as well as in pastoral care. He is also active in exploring the uses and impacts of online experience in teaching and in ministry. He teaches courses relating preaching to imagination, pastoral care and communication, problems of forgiveness, and personality type. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he is also a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is a senior psychotherapist on the staff of Trinity Counseling Service in Princeton.

Building the Word: The Dynamics of Communication and Preaching (Harper & Row, 1980)
The Restoring Word: Preaching as Pastoral Communication (Harper & Row, 1987; Wipf & Stock, 2003)
Ending Marriage, Keeping Faith: A New Guide through the Spiritual Journey of Divorce (Crossroad, 1991; Wipf & Stock, 2002)