Sonia Tinsley
College of Health Sciences and Public Policy
Degree Program
B.S. Public Health
Dr. Tinsley has spent over twenty-five years in education, twenty of which have been in higher education teaching in the field of health education. Dr. Tinsley’s education includes a B.S. from Louisiana State University, M.Ed. in Health Promotion from Northwestern State University and a Ph.D. in Health Studies from Texas Woman’s University. Over the years, Dr. Tinsley has made numerous presentations in regard to coordinated school health, teacher stress, and female college athletes and stress. She has secured funding to implement coordinated school health initiatives in the state of Louisiana and worked to provide professional development for physical education teachers in Oklahoma. Dr. Tinsley has received several distinguished awards over the years for her teaching and service to the profession of health education. In 2011, she was named the College Health Educator of the Year for the Southern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Areas of research include teacher stress, college athletes and stress, worksite wellness and coordinated school health. Dr. Tinsley joined Walden’s faculty in 2011, teaching courses in the B.S. in Health Sciences program.
Courses Taught
HLTH 1000 - Concepts of Health Promotion
HLTH 4360 - Stress Management and Wellness
Education
BS, Louisiana State University
MEd, Northwestern State University
PhD, Texas Woman's University
Public Service
YWCA of Alexandria, Volunteer - Alexandria, LA United States
Awards / Honors
Southern District Health, Physical Education, 2011
Louisiana Health, Physical Education, Recreation, 2009
Excellence in Teaching Northwestern State University, 2009
Presentations
Tinsley, S. C. (2018). Best Practices for Classroom Management in a Physical Education Class. Louisiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Tinsley, S. (2018). Effects of High-Intensity Physical Activity on Preadolescents’ Reading Achievement. Society of Health and Physical Educators.
Tinsley, S. (2017). Physical Activity + Healthy Diet = Academic Achievement. Northeastern State University, College of Education and Kappa Delta Pi.
Tinsley, S., Gallien, T. L. (2013). A diet and physical activity initiative in a rural area. . American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.