Area professor to speak at MLK Day event
Waynesburg University will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a special convocation at 11 a.m. Monday in Roberts Chapel.
Taunya Tinsley, associate professor of counseling and director of graduate programs in counseling at the university, will speak during the ceremony, which is free to the public.
She is the owner of Transitions Counseling Service LLC and Life Skills Program where she provides individual, marriage, family and group counseling and consultation services. Additionally, she is the clinical director of the Mount Ararat Baptist Church Counseling Center.
Tinsley, a licensed professional counselor with more than 20 years of experience working at the secondary and collegiate levels, has worked with culturally diverse educators, students and athletes in a variety of athletic conferences, as well as the NFL and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Outside of the workplace, she has been involved in the community, having served as the secretary of the Ethics Concern Committee of the National Association of Academic Advisors of Athletics and secretary of the entire organization. Tinsley has also been president of the Pennsylvania College Counseling Association and president of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association.
She holds bachelor’s degree in business administration from Augsburg College, a master’s degree in higher education administration and college student development from the University of Iowa and a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Duquesne University.
Tinsley recently completed requirements for a certificate in missional theology from Biblical Seminary and her doctor of ministry from United Theological Seminary.