THE WORK BEGINS WITH PEOPLE.
What becomes possible when institutions invest in the human side of change? ​
Across higher education, consulting, scholarship, and public speaking, Toby Jenkins explores how culture, relationships, identity, story, and lived experience shape institutions—and how those insights can become meaningful action.

Four ways ideas move.

SPEAKING
Keynotes and conversations on culture, leadership, professional development, and institutional change. [Click title to learn more]
STRATEGY + CONSULTING
Evaluation, program review, organizational strategy, professional development, and institutional transformation. [Click title to learn more]
SCHOLARSHIP + BOOKS
Research and writing spanning culture, leadership, identity, resilience, education, and community. [Click title to learn more]
PUBLIC PROJECTS​
Public humanities, exhibitions,  cultural research, and creative initiatives. [Click title to learn more]

What ideas do I help put into action?

Faculty Development
Campus-wide approaches to mid-career faculty growth, professional development, and institutional investment in people.
Graduate Education
Strategy around recruitment, retention, professional development, career readiness, and supportive institutional climates.
Public Humanities
Exhibitions and public-facing scholarship connecting history, culture, memory, activism, and contemporary life.
Culture + Community
Cultural programming, mentoring, community engagement, institutional partnerships, and public intellectual work.

Ideas people remember after the slides are gone.

Toby’s keynotes combine scholarship, cultural insight, storytelling, humor, and practical strategy to help audiences think differently about leadership, professional development, organizational culture, education, and change.

How do we create environments in which people can become more fully themselves? 

2025
​40 Women Leading American Higher Education
Inclusive Excellence
​Awardee

SCETV ​Carolina Classrooms
Guest  Host

 2013 University of South Carolina Outstanding Black Alumni
​Awardee
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