About Dr. Teranda Knight
Dr. Teranda Knight obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from North Carolina Wesleyan College and her Master of Science in psychology with a specialization in counseling psychology from Capella University. She holds a provisional clinical addiction specialist license with the state of North Carolina and certifications in lean six sigma and tele-mental healthcare. Dr. Knight earned her Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree from Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies in 2023. Her career has expanded into healthcare, higher education, mental healthcare, substance use programs, and intellectual disability populations across the life spans. Throughout her work, Dr. Knight evaluates evidence-based approaches relevant to the Biodyne Model to improve the quality of care and service in integrated behavioral healthcare settings.
Dr. Knight’s culminating project, Integrating Healthcare in Higher Education: Accommodations for Chronic Substance Use with Cognitive Deficits, identified and evaluated accommodations offered for students in higher education environments with cognitive deficits driven by chronic substance use. Dr. Knight’s culminating project ascertained there were no processes currently available for identifying cognitive deficits in students of various higher education environments, and these institutions gathered very little information regarding substance use and treatment options for this population to improve campus and community safety by reducing suicide, homicides, and other criminal activities. The entrepreneurially focused project includes a business plan and menu of services that can be used to integrate behavioral healthcare into higher education settings so that the college student population can improve their academic success and health, and well-being while pursuing higher education.
Learn more about Dr. Knight and her culminating project by watching the videos below.
