Education and Degree(s):

• B.A. Religious Studies and Linguistics, University of California, Davis
• M.A. Linguistics, University of California, Davis
• Ph.D. Christian Spirituality, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Research Interest(s):

• History of Christianity
• Religion and Language
• Mysticism
• Somatic Piety Practices (e.g. Fasting)

Selected Publications:

A Companion to Marguerite Porete and The Mirror of Simple Souls, edited by Robert Stauffer and Wendy R. Terry. (Companions to the Christian Tradition, 77) Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2017.

Seeing Marguerite in the Mirror: A Linguistic Analysis of Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls, by Wendy Rachele Terry. (Studies in Spirituality Supplements, 21). Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Publishers, 2011.

Teaching Experience:

In addition to her teaching at UCD, Dr. Terry has also taught Religious Studies courses at California State University, Sacramento, and Religious Studies, Critical Thinking and Mathematics courses in voluntary college-level programs at Solano and San Quentin State Prisons.