UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling faculty member, Dr. Terra Rose, was recently presented with the 2025 President’s Award by the North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA) and North Carolina Psychological Foundation (NCPF). NCPA is the North Carolina affiliate of the American Psychological Association. The President’s Award is given to individuals who enhance visibility and impact of psychology in North Carolina through service, education, and scholarship.
Rose was nominated for this award by Dr. Susan Hill, current president of NCPF. Rose was nominated in light of her extensive involvement in both NCPA and NCPF. She has served as chair of the Scientific, Academic, & Student Affairs (SASA) Committee since 2013. In that role, she serves as the Chair for the Annual North Carolina Undergraduate Psychology conference, which brings undergraduates from universities across the state to the annual conference where students can learn more about careers and graduate training in psychology. In addition, Rose and the committee oversee two scholarship endowments that are presented to two graduate students each year.
Rose joined the faculty of UNC-Chapel Hill Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling in 2019 and currently holds the roles of Assistant Professor, Clinical Coordinator, and Program Coordinator for the Behavioral Medicine track of the Department of Psychiatry’s UNC Pre-Doctoral Internship. Throughout her career, Rose has been committed to training mental health counseling and psychology trainees. She has served as a supervisor at Central Regional Hospital, UNC Health Center for Abdominal Transplant, and here in Health Sciences.
Rose shared that her commitment to training and mentorship was fostered by her graduate program at Marshall University. “Our faculty were committed not only to training future psychologists, but also to joining and serving the people of the state through the psychological association. Additionally, many of my early career mentors and supervisors (Anne Louise Barrick, PhD and Madeleine Crockett, PhD) were active members of the North Carolina Psychological Association and they instilled the importance of that work in me.”
“I was unaware I had been nominated for the award, so it was a true surprise. The North Carolina Psychological Association & Foundation are such wonderful organizations, and I am incredibly honored to be recognized by them.”