Tuwa Mea Karnley M.A. '20 came to Wheaton College to study the Bible because of her study Bible. Literally.
She wanted a master’s degree after attending Spelman College, a historically black school for women in Atlanta, where she studied international development largely because her parents are from Liberia and talked often about politics.
“It was very natural,” she says. “Those were our dinner conversations.”
But Tuwa couldn’t decide between studying theology or African history.
“I was reading my study Bible—and I never do this, and I haven’t done it since—but I looked at the list of editors and almost all of them were from Wheaton,” she says. “I had never heard of the College, but thought I’d look it up. I came to visit, and loved it. The rest is history.”
Tuwa enjoys studying theology formally: “It’s beautiful to try to make sense of how God interacts with us.” And she enjoys her professors: “They are really invested in you as a person, and they are at the top of their fields.”
She now works for the Office of Multicultural Development as its graduate resident assistant overseeing Shalom House, a multiracial living and learning community. Her advice to students: “Stay prayerful. Stay organized. Don’t stress.”