Terry Grundy
Teacher, Citizen, Urbanist
About terry grundy
Teacher
Terry Grundy is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning, at the University of Cincinnati. He teaches popular courses on Ethics, Social Justice, Urbanism, and Intellectual History. He has been affiliated faculty in the university's Political Science Department and Honors Division and is recognized as one of the university's most effective teachers.
Citizen
Grundy is deeply engaged in the work of community building. He is founder/co-founder/board member of several organizations engaged in high-impact community development work in the Cincinnati area. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a global network of change-makers that has been at the forefront of significant social impact for over 260 years.
Urbanist
Grundy founded The Urbanists, a Cincinnati-based movement advocating for an asset-based approach to the revitalization of historic American cities. In recognition of that and other efforts, he was named Resident Urbanist at the Niehoff Urban Studio at the University of Cincinnati. In 2021, he joined with other community leaders and scholars to launch an online conversation series called The Case for Cities, with a book of the same title to be published shortly.