Faculty Profiles
Terry Osborn
Professor
Email: terryosborn@usf.edu
Phone: 941-359-4282
Office Location: USF Sarasota-Manatee campus, SMC C-251
Terry A. Osborn, PhD is a Professor of Education at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
He taught secondary German for six years in Georgia and Florida prior to entering
higher education. Osborn served twice as Interim Chancellor and as Vice Chancellor
of Academic and Student Affairs at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Sarasota-Manatee
campus. Osborn was previously Dean of the College of Education and held administrative
roles on the faculties of Fordham University, Queens College of City University of
New York and the University of Connecticut. As Dean at USF, he led the formation of
USF Sarasota-Manatee's Center for Partnerships for Arts-Integrated Teaching (PAInT)
and led the center to receive a legislatively mandated statewide mission.
He is an academic authority in applied linguistics in education. Osborn researches
and publishes in the areas of foreign/world language education and interdisciplinary
education. Osborn's research has received a number of awards, including the Stephen
Freeman Award by the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for
the best published article on foreign language teaching techniques.