Dr. Tera McIntosh splits her time between eating way too much pizza, drinking way too much coffee with heavy cream, and professoring at Antioch University, where she teaches in numerous programs: Management, Business, and Human Service Administration. At Antioch, she sits on the Chancellor-appointed Anti-Racism Task Force, where she works to address systemic issues to create educational institutions that are more inclusive and equitable for both students and employees.
In addition to her teaching role, Tera also works for Foresters Financial, a purpose-driven insurance company that gives back to the community, where she is the Co-Chair of the PrideERG for employees across the countries of the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
Tera received her bachelor’s degree in Recreation Therapy from Slippery Rock University and her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management from Carlow University. Tera received her PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University, and most of her doctoral work focuses on building a better community in which to live, work, play, and authentically be seen.
Tera is the founder of numerous nonprofits, from Coffeehouses to Spoken word organizations to her current animal rescue that she runs with her wife on 12 acres in Asheville, NC. In addition to her advocacy and leadership work, Tera also writes creatively and academically. Tera is a nationally touring spoken word artist who was ranked the 53rd women poet in the world at the Women of The World Poetry Slam in 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. In addition, she has published works with the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, and most recently, a chapter in a collaborative new book titled Minorities-New Studies and Perspectives.
Tera lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her wife, their many animals, and a few stink bugs that she’s given names to, and often yearns for the day when she will enjoy a short line at the DMV and have no missing matches to her socks.
Affiliate Faculty
MHSA, MBA, Management, and Member- Anti Racism Task Force
Faculty
Women in Leadership Certificate
- PhD, Antioch University, Leadership and Change
- MS, Carlow University, Nonprofit Management
- BS, Slippery Rock University, Recreation Therapy
Grassroots and transformational leadership, management, triple bottom line, restorative practices, peacebuilding, relationship building, civic engagement and responsibility, organizational behavior, toxicity in the workplace, nonprofit organizations, authenticity and ethics, foundations of leadership, third places, study circles, social capital, experiential learning, virtual learning and education, organizational development, strategic management, conflict resolution, communication, positive deviance, restorative communities, macro/micro approaches, LGBTQ+ quality of life, broken windows theory, organizational development, asset-based community development, social justice, violence trends and reduction strategies, complex community initiatives, nontraditional learning.
Antioch University Teaching Positions
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Management
- Masters of Science in Human Resource Administration
More University Positions
- Atlantic University, MS in Mindful Leadership
- University of Idaho, BS in Leadership and Nonprofit Studies
- Robert Morris University, Department of Organizational Leadership
- Organizational Change
- Leadership, Power, and Influence
- Leadership and Ethics
- Leadership and Communication
- Multiculturalism and Diversity
- Leading Virtual Teams
- Teams and Collaboration
- Peacebuilding
- Working with Conflict
- Change, Conflict, Leadership
- Leading People, Teams, and Organizations
- Influencing Others
- Organizational Behavior
- Ethical Issues in Management
- Business Communications
- Grant Writing and Resource Development
- Human Services and Organizations
- Foundations of Nonprofit Organizations
- Budgeting for Small Organizations
- Center of Lifelong Learning and Development at Slippery Rock University, along with guest teaching roles at Carnegie Mellon’s Osher School of Learning and Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Gangs, Drugs and Violence Program.