Terry Badger earned her BSN and MSN from Arizona State University and PhD from University of Texas at Austin. She is a board certified psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurse. Currently, she is the Eleanor Bauwens Endowed Chair, Professor and Chair of the Community and Systems Science Division in the College of Nursing. She also holds an appointment as a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine. Terry is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.