Tony Armstrong holds a B.A. in Psychology from Boise State University and an M.A. in Political Science from Philipps University in Marburg, Germany.  

He received his Ph.D.in Political Science (with a concentration in International Relations) from the University of Washington in Seattle and was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wesley College in Dover, Delaware for 30 years, till he retired in 2021.

After reading A Course in Miracles, he was inspired to write his book The Lovestar: A Philosophy of Love (1999).  

Some of the foundational insights in that book inspired him to write Educating Angels: Teaching for the Pursuit of Happiness (2013). 

Tony was invited to give a TEDx talk on Happiness Education in Wilmington, Delaware, which can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPlfVex7HTM

He then offered a course at Wesley College called Happiness. 

He taught several sections of the course every semester for seven years, and published a book titled Teaching a Happiness Class (2019).  

He published his book Happiness Education in 2021, available on Amazon.