Tonya Edmond, Ph.D., has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, effective July 1, according to Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean and the William E. Gordon Professor.
Edmond, a member of the social work faculty since 1999, will lead an administrative operation that spans curriculum, student services, academic policy, enrollment, field education and career services.
“Tonya brings outstanding academic, professional and administrative experience to this position,” Lawlor said. “She is well known for the passion she brings to the quality of our teaching and educational programs. She is the recipient of the school’s Excellence in Teaching Award and is a tireless advocate for student and professional concerns.”
Edmond’s research and teaching interests include violence against women and social work practice effectiveness. Outside of the University, she has 15 years of practice experience as a social worker, both in direct practice and administration.
Her experience includes serving as director of the Albuquerque Rape Crisis Center at the University of New Mexico; as a clinical social worker who specialized in sexual assault and trauma in private practice; as clinical director of the Austin Rape Crisis Center; as executive director of the Hays County Women’s Center in San Marcos, Texas; and as victim advocate with the Austin Police Department.
She earned a doctorate in social work from the University of Texas in 1997.