Meet Dr. Tanesha

I have a long history with change. Growing up in an Air Force family meant things were not going to stay the same. Military life involved multiple moves between duty stations, starting over at new schools, leaving old friends to make new ones, and being separated from my father when he was on training assignments. The only constant in my military family's life was CHANGE.​

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My comfort level with change increased when I married my husband who was

in the Navy. The cycle of moving, losing touch with friends/family, spending time

alone, and working temporary entry-level jobs continued. However, I realized 

that even when I could not control where or when I was moving or who

my friends and co-workers would be, I did have a say in how I showed up

in my new environments, how I managed my home, and how I spent time

while my husband was away.​ During those years, the landscape

of higher education changed from teenage college students living

in dormitories on campus to working adults learning online

over nights and weekends. Having dropped out of college years before

I made a life change in my 20s and started college again.

I started working at the university to help pay for my Bachelors Degree

in Business, but the added bonus was getting to encourage other

working adults to go to school and change their lives as well.

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As I moved up the corporate ladder, I continued my education.

I changed my course of study from business and finance

to studying higher education administration and leadership.

I completed a Masters Degree in Higher and Postsecondary Education.

My Master's Thesis - Restructuring: An Important Element in

Organizational Change was born from experiencing the

decline of schools in proprietary (for-profit) education. 

Disheartened by the number of students that struggled to repay

student loan debt or students/staff/faculty that were impacted

after school closures, I began to study the consequences of

corporate change in higher education and sought a 

Doctorate Degree in Education

with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership.

For four years, I studied and developed an intervention method that offered

five steps for executive leaders to ease the impact of downsizing while

promoting survivor commitment and sustained organizational

performance. The result was my applied research project (dissertation)

Managing the Unintended Consequences of Downsizing in Higher Education

​ Today, I continue my work in higher education

administration, but my passion is helping people cope with change.

Change happens every day whether we accept it or not.

We may not be able to control change, but we can control our approach

and response to it. Change is risky, uncertain, and even challenging.

Yet, if we allow it to be, change can be exciting, liberating, and healing.

Let me show you how to navigate, embrace, and ultimately find the

joy that change can bring to your personal and/or professional life.