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Miranda S. Terry, PhD, MS, ACUE (she/her/hers)

Professor
Tennessee State University
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Dr. Miranda Sue Terry, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Public Health, Health Administration & Information, and Health Sciences at Tennessee State University. She earned her PhD in Community Health with a specialization in Disability Studies and a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds an MS in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Psychology from Eastern Illinois University.

Dr. Terry’s interdisciplinary research spans public health, disability studies, and gender and women’s studies, with a core focus on advancing health equity, structural competency, and the rights and well-being of people from historically marginalized communities. Her scholarship addresses social and structural determinants of health, mental and behavioral health, rural health, and workforce development, with an emphasis on translating evidence into community-engaged programs and policy-relevant outcomes. She is deeply committed to innovative pedagogy, student mentorship, and experiential learning across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral public health programs.

Dr. Terry is the lead editor of Multicultural Health: Intersectionality and Structural Competency in the United States, published by Springer Publishing in December 2025. The textbook advances a structural competency framework for understanding and addressing health inequities across diverse populations and settings and is accompanied by applied teaching and learning resources.

Dr. Terry is actively engaged in public health leadership and service. She has served on the board of the Kentucky Public Health Association and multiple community-based organizations and has worked since 2021 as a consultant for the Marshall County Health Department in rural Western Kentucky, supporting community health assessments and data analytics initiatives. Her work has been recognized through multiple awards for research, service, and community engagement.

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