Dr. Terri Boyerdirects Education and Career Development Research and Programs at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University, which include the Nontraditional Career Resource Center; research and support for the New Jersey Council for Gender Parity in Labor and Education; and research and implementation of the REFLECT Initiative for the New Jersey Department of Education. She holds a Doctorate in Education from The University of Alabama, a Masters in Higher Education Administration from Alabama, and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Villanova University, where she also received the Villanova Medallion for Excellence in Education. Her areas of expertise include gender equity in education and career development, including classroom interactions, Title IX, women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, nontraditional careers, sexual harassment, and gendered violence. She has facilitated numerous workshops and presentations both locally and nationally on these topics. Her service positions include seats on several advisory councils, including the Gender Equity Advisory Committee, and membership in the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (AGELE) and the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE). She is also active in her local Habitat for Humanity chapter, the Millstone Basin Authority.
Before coming to the Center for Women and Work, Dr. Boyer worked at the Education Development Center, Inc. in Newton, MA as Director of Technical Assistance for the U.S Department of Education’s Women’s Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Resource Center, and Research Associate at its Gender and Diversities Institute. She also served as the Director of Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs at the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science and Engineering, an NSF award-winning program at Douglass College. Other positions she has held include Program Coordinator of the Women’s Resource Center, and Career Development Assistant at the University of Alabama.