Prior to becoming a full-time professor at Indiana Tech, she taught at Indiana-Purdue University of Fort Wayne, and Brown Mackie College. Terri earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Purdue University and her Masters in counseling education from Indiana University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Global Leadership at Indiana Tech.Preceding her entrance into academia; Terri functioned in several leadership roles within community mental health and private practice to include program director, case manager, program manager, mental health liaison, and therapist. She is currently a licensed mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist at Cornerstone Vision Counseling and Psychological Services.