Tronda Douglas
Dr. Tronda Douglas has over 30 years of experience in human services. She has assisted military personnel and families from all Armed Forces branches, stateside and transnational, through community-based and non-profit organizations and early childhood education research. As a military veteran of 20 years, she has served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom. Dr. Douglas has worked extensively in assisting individuals, families, and communities from diverse cultures and countries, where she mentors and tutors elementary through high school students in underserved communities. Also, Dr. Douglas is an author and international presenter.
Dr. Tronda Douglas earned a Ph.D. from Walden University in Human Services, focusing on Disaster, Crisis, and Intervention. She also holds a master's degree in Human Services Counseling from Regent University, a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College, and a Certification in Early Childhood Education from Tidewater Community College. She also completed a Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow at Walden University.
As a faculty member in the School of Human Services, Dr. Douglas has over four years of teaching experience in higher education and serves as a Contributing Faculty member, Dissertation Chair, committee member, and University Research Reviewer. Additionally, she mentors and tutors elementary through high school students in underserved communities and advocates for equality in education for school-age children.
Dr. Tronda Douglas’ research interests include disaster and crisis interventions for rural populations, military culture, family interaction in early childhood and school-age children’s education, and mental health studies.
Courses Taught
HUMN 6150 - Helping Individuals, Organizations, and Communities: Introduction to Human Services
HUMN 6200 - Cross-Cultural Ethics in Human and Social Services
Education
BS, Excelsior College
MA, Regent University
PhD, Walden University
Certification, Tidewater Community College
Public Service
Team Rubicon, Northwest Territory, Member -
Operation Blessing International Disaster Relief, Volunteer -
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) , Volunteer -
Publications
Douglas, T. L. (2017). . MWOHS Magazine
Douglas, T. L. (2016). Don't You Dare Quit: Press Your Way Through.
Presentations
Douglas, T. L. (2018). A Faith-Based Organization's Engagement of an African American Community in Disaster Preparation. Walden University
Douglas, T. L. (2015). Compassion Fatigue in Correctional Settings. Regent University Trauma Team
Douglas, T. L. (2019). Mixed methods approach to determining how elements of social networking prepared a rural community for natural disasters. Mixed Methods International Research Association