Terza S . Lima-Neves
DR. TERZA LIMA-NEVES (She/Her/Ela) (Pronounced Tear-Zuh Lee-muh-Neh-vs) is a proud Black African woman, wife, mom, scholar, author, award-winning professor, and community leader. She was born and raised in Cabo Verde, West Africa, and emigrated to the United States with her parents and 2 sisters as a teenager. She lives in Charlotte with her husband and their children.
Terza is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies as well as Director of Global Education and Engagement at Johnson C. Smith University. She is a graduate of Providence College and Clark Atlanta University.
Terza is passionate about creating equitable, inclusive, and safe living and work spaces for all people, particularly populations who have been historically minoritized.
As a scholar and expert with over 20 years of experience in critical teaching pedagogy, Black feminisms, access, equity, and inclusion, Dr. Lima-Neves has delivered keynote lectures and presentations, and facilitated workshops for Charlotte Teachers Institute, UNC Chapel Hill, Howard University, Providence College, Brown University, the National Humanities Center, Smith College, and University at Buffalo, among other places. She has been featured in several national and international media publications including Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Women in Higher Education and CNN Africa. Recently, she completed a certificate in Leadership Foundation training at the Harvard Business School for Executive Leadership through the International Women's Forum, a global Fellowship Program for distinguished woman leaders from over 25 countries. Terza is the principal editor of the book, Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resilience, and Revolution and cofounder of the International Conference on Cabo Verdean Women. She is currently working on her second manuscript focused on the Cabo Verdean community in the United States.
Because she strongly believes in rest as resistance, Terza loves creating content for her YouTube channel and Instagram photography pages as well as watching true crime shows and hallmark movies.
Learn more about Terza’s work here: https://linktr.ee/TerzaLimaNeves and connect with her on social media: Twitter and IG: @DrT_IslandWoman
Terza is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies as well as Director of Global Education and Engagement at Johnson C. Smith University. She is a graduate of Providence College and Clark Atlanta University.
Terza is passionate about creating equitable, inclusive, and safe living and work spaces for all people, particularly populations who have been historically minoritized.
As a scholar and expert with over 20 years of experience in critical teaching pedagogy, Black feminisms, access, equity, and inclusion, Dr. Lima-Neves has delivered keynote lectures and presentations, and facilitated workshops for Charlotte Teachers Institute, UNC Chapel Hill, Howard University, Providence College, Brown University, the National Humanities Center, Smith College, and University at Buffalo, among other places. She has been featured in several national and international media publications including Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Women in Higher Education and CNN Africa. Recently, she completed a certificate in Leadership Foundation training at the Harvard Business School for Executive Leadership through the International Women's Forum, a global Fellowship Program for distinguished woman leaders from over 25 countries. Terza is the principal editor of the book, Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resilience, and Revolution and cofounder of the International Conference on Cabo Verdean Women. She is currently working on her second manuscript focused on the Cabo Verdean community in the United States.
Because she strongly believes in rest as resistance, Terza loves creating content for her YouTube channel and Instagram photography pages as well as watching true crime shows and hallmark movies.
Learn more about Terza’s work here: https://linktr.ee/TerzaLimaNeves and connect with her on social media: Twitter and IG: @DrT_IslandWoman
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