A native New Zealander, Terry received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago, and is currently Research Professor, American Bar Foundation, an interdisciplinary institute of advanced studies on law and legal institutions. He is an Honorary Professor, Australian National University and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. He has taught at the Australian National University and the University of Chicago, and has been a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford University. Terry studies and writes on the globalization of law, markets and politics. He is author or editor of ten books published by the academic presses of Cambridge, Oxford, Chicago and Stanford universities. He serves as an academic volunteer leader within the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) and frequently leads graduate student and faculty retreats and workshops across the world on the integration of faith and learning.
An elder in the Presbyterian Church USA, his avocations include biblical exposition, hiking and snow-shoeing, surfing and fiction, and enjoying the 12 grandchildren he shares with their parents and his wife, Holly. He is passionate about finding fresh ways for Christian students and scholars to think Christianly about all aspects of academic life on campuses and in scholarly worlds beyond the campus.