Carolyn S. Terry

Biography:
Carolyn Terry earned a B.A. with high distinction and honors in English from The Pennsylvania State University, where she continued her graduate studies, earning an M.A. with a concentration in composition and rhetoric theory. She joined the English Department at Montgomery College in 1989. During her faculty appointment, Ms. Terry served in a variety of roles: as faculty coordinator of the Rockville Campus Writing and Reading Center; as department chair of English Composition, Literature, and Professional Writing; and as acting instructional dean of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2000, she was appointed instructional dean of Humanities at the Rockville Campus. In that role, she provides academic leadership to the English, English as a Second Language, Reading, Foreign Languages, and Philosophy disciplines. Ms. Terry is the college-wide, lead dean for International Education, the Honors Program, Women’s Studies, and Montgomery Scholars.

Ms. Terry’s professional associations include memberships in Phi Beta Kappa, National Council of Teachers of English, Community College Humanities Association, Maryland Network of Women in Higher Education, and the Montgomery County Association for Hearing Impaired Children. She serves as a member of the planning committee for the annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, a partnership between the city of Rockville and Montgomery College, and as a member of the steering committee for the partnership between Montgomery College and Montgomery County Public Schools.

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