Ashley Toland

• Position: Assistant Professor
• Department: Social Work
• Office Location: Building 85, Room 141
• atoland@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.474.2249

Biography

Dr. Ashley M. Toland, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with over 15 years of experience in the field. Her practice experience includes administrative social work, non-profit management, grant writing, school-based social work, community mental health, work within the court system (substance use intervention), inpatient treatment with adults, and outpatient counseling with adolescents, adults, and aging adults.

Degrees & Institutions

Dr. Toland received her DSW from Tulane University in 2022 and her MSW at the University of Arkansas in 2008. 

Research

• Adoption trauma and the adoption triad
• Child welfare policy reform
• Trauma and resilience-informed mental health care