Toni Hobbs

Education

• ABD Ph.D. Arts Administration, University of Kentucky (expected December 2025)
• Certificate, Research Methods in Education, University of Kentucky (2024)
• M.A., Arts Administration, University of Kentucky, 2017 
• M.A., Studio Art, Morehead State University, 2009
• B.A., Art - Graphic Design, Morehead State University, 2002

Areas of Expertise

• arts administration/nonprofit management
• copyright law
• crisis communication
• digital art
• graphic/digital design
• illustration
• project management
• typography & printmaking
• visual communication

Profile

Toni Hobbs (Class of 2002 & 2009), an Eastern Kentucky native, is the director of digital and brand strategy at Morehead State University. She is an illustrator and graphic designer who has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been an adjunct instructor in the Department of Communication, Media, Art & Design since 2008.

She was instrumental in developing the initial concept for a mentoring program for underrepresented students, DREAMS. In 2008, she established the Hobbs Endowment for Equality, a $50,000 endowment fund committed to supporting academic scholarship and diverse programming at MSU, one of the first of its kind in Kentucky.

Hobbs is a member of the MSU Visionary Society and Circle of Excellence, providing leadership and financial support to further the University's mission. In addition to serving on Staff Congress, she has served as a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Appalachian Studies Association, Association for Arts Administrators in Education, Association for Cultural Economics International, Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, Council for the Advancement & Support of Education, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, Morehead-Rowan Co. Chamber of Commerce, National Coalition Building Institute, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Fraternity, Project Management Institute and the University College Designers Association.

In 2020, Hobbs was awarded the Morehead State University Distinguished Staff Service Award.

She enjoys reading, cooking, coffee, knitting, comics and gaming, but she especially loves her dog, RosieRed, her cat, Gizmo, and Dungeons & Dragons®.