Dr. Tonya T. Strickland

A nationally recognized, multi-award-winning educator, author, and speaker, Dr. Tonya T. Strickland shares God’s love through writing, teaching, and speaking.

Tonya has led Bible study groups, spoken to women’s groups and organizations, and hosted spiritual retreats for more than thirty years. A seminary graduate, she is ordained in the Wesleyan Church, has been trained to lead groups for Peter Scazzero’s Emotionally Healthy Spirituality ministry, and is certified by Stephen Ministries to provide care for those experiencing loss.

She did her first writing in crayons on the underside of tables when her mother wasn’t looking and published her first bylines for print newspapers (remember those?) at sixteen. Since then, her career has spanned photojournalism, academia, and leadership, including roles as a professor, provost, and vice president of academic affairs. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Wyoming, Baylor University, and Wesley Seminary.

Her achievements include awards from the University System of Georgia, the American Association of Community Colleges, the National Resource Center for First-Year Experience, Townsend Press, and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue.

Today, she creates books of all kinds, teaches university students online, homeschools her four-year-old twin grandsons, hikes with her family (downhill only), leads Bible studies, speaks to organizations (when asked), and tries to avoid cake for breakfast — except on Saturdays.

She writes a blog at Called to Boldness, which offers resources for families and a blog-comic on the bold and blessed life.