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Paul David Terry manages programming for UC Davis Undergraduate Education Experiential Learning hub, advancing experiences that center healthcare equity, food justice, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the critical medical humanities. He serves as chair of the Native American Faculty and Staff Association at UC Davis and has previously chaired the UC Davis Staff Diversity Administrative Advisory Council and served as vice-chair of the Vice Chancellor’s LGBTQ+ Health Advisory Council at UC Davis Health. Paul has taught courses and led workshops at UC Davis, Rise for Racial Justice, the College of San Mateo, UC Davis Health, UC San Francisco, and the University of San Francisco. He earned an Ed.D. in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco, with concentrations in human rights education and racial justice. He also holds a health coach certification and has been certified by the American Council on Exercise since 2005.
His research examines the well-being of human rights practitioners through queer and Indigenous perspectives, advocating for dignity within colonial contexts. His work has been funded by the Center for Humanizing Education and Research, Universidade Federal de São Carlos Advancing Healthcare Equity Speaker Series Fellowship, UC Davis Inclusive Excellence, and the International Peace Research Association. He recently published for the International Journal on Human Rights Education and has forthcoming publications with the SAGE Encyclopedia of Indigenous Education, Rutgers University Press, and Vernon Press for a chapter in Decolonizing the Curriculum: Teaching Race and Developing Knowledge about Indigenous Literature. He is a Point Foundation scholar and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
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