Tonia Roberts Parker

I have two lab mixes, Bubba and Lizzie.

I recently completed my Ph.D. in General Psychology. I am currently spending most of my time teaching college (mostly online - what a great gig!). I am also very active in my community with disaster preparedness and disaster relief activities. I have most recently been asked to be the team leader for my Red Cross chapter's Disaster Mental Health team.

Typical teenagers! Heidi Nostrum, Sandy Stover, and I decided to let out our inner five year olds by playing ring around the rosy on a trampoline (along with Sandy's dog). When we got to the part where "we all fall down" - we did! The trampoline broke and we all wound up on our butts on the ground. :)

I would have spent more time studying and getting better grades! I also would not have been near as shy.

I worked to save money for college.

I went to college - first at Georgia Southern University, then at Georgia State University where I completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and then a Master of Science in Community Counseling. I have since gone back to school and completed a Ph.D. in General Psychology.

I spend my spare time divided between visiting family in Douglasville and volunteering here in Augusta. I have been a disaster mental health volunteer for the American Red Cross and the Medical Reserve Corps for several years now, and am also part of the East Georgia Crisis Response Network - a community based team that provides psychological first aid after a disaster or other critical incident.

After several years as a practicing psychotherapist, I am mostly teaching now - I am an Assistant Professor with South University. I do still do some clinical work on a volunteer basis.

My travel has been limited to the continental U.S., but I have travelled a good bit within the country over the past few years.

I really enjoyed a recent trip to Boston, and would love to return!

I want to travel internationally. I would love to travel to Israel for research on traumatic stress resiliency factors.

Lost, Battlestar Gallactica (the recent version), CSI (the original), 24, Rescue Me, pretty much anything with depth (and some without). :) I also spend a good bit of time watching the Discovery and History International channels.

I read a lot! I have recently been reading books from the major world faiths. I have read the Bible cover-to-cover, as well as the Torah, the Koran, and the Dhammapada. I also like to read historical fiction and procedural mysteries (such as Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta novels).

I want to go to Europe!

Now that I have finished my doctorate, I want to find opportunities to get more involved in research related to the mitigation of traumatic stress.

There are too many things to list! I am a very different person today than I was in high school!

Every major change in the world starts with one person.

I live in Augusta, GA, so it may not be feasible. :)