Professor Deborah Terry, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Professor Deborah Terry

BA ANU, PhD ANU, FASSA, FAPS
 

Executive assistant
Ms Karen Hendrickson

 

Areas of responsibility
As Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Terry is responsible for preserving The University of Queensland’s commitment to providing high-quality university teaching. This involves promoting a culture of excellence in teaching and learning, providing a distinctive student experience enriched by UQ’s research capacity and the regular review of strategies, policies and practices. Areas under Professor Terry’s direct management include the Teaching and Educational Development Unit (TEDI); Student and Administrative Services (SASD); the Offices of Undergraduate Education, and of Prospective Students and Scholarships; the Centres for Educational Innovation and Technology, and for Innovation in Professional Learning; the six research Institutes; and the UQ Graduate School.

Biography
Professor Terry received a BA and PhD (1989) from the Australian National University, and joined the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland first as postdoctoral research fellow in 1990 and then as a lecturer in 1991. She was Deputy Head of School from 1997 to 1999, and, after serving as Professor of Social Psychology and Head of School from 2000 to 2005, was appointed Executive Dean, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences in January 2006. In February 2007, Professor Terry accepted an appointment to a half-time role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), and in January 2008, Professor Terry was appointed as the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning). The position was retitled Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) from 1 January 2009.

Her primary research interests are in the areas of attitudes, social influence, persuasion, group processes, and intergroup relations. She also has applied research interests in organisational and health psychology. She has published widely in these areas, and is co-editor of "The theory of reasoned action: Its application to AIDS-preventive behaviour" (1993), "Attitudes, behavior, and social context: The role of group norms and group membership" (1999), and "Social identity processes in organisational contexts" (2001).

Professor Terry is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, previous chair of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts in the social, behavioural and economic sciences, past President of the Society for Australasian Social Psychology, and she currently holds editorial positions with the British Journal of Psychology and the European Journal of Social Psychology.

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