Terry L. Maple

Terry L. Maple is Elizabeth Smithgall Watts Professor Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He currently resides in Fernandina Beach, FL where he maintains an office devoted to his scholarly and consulting pursuits. He is affiliated with the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens where he directs the zoo's "Wildlife Wellness" program and works under the title Professor-in-Residence. Professor Maple earned his Ph.D. at the University of California at Davis and previously taught at Emory University and Georgia Tech. He and his students and collaborators have published more than 250 scholarly papers, book chapters, and books. He supervised 31 doctoral students during his career. An elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association of Psychological Science, he was elected President of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 1999. On leave from Georgia Tech, Terry Maple also served as President/CEO of Zoo Atlanta and the Palm Beach Zoo. His reform leadership at Zoo Atlanta has been widely praised. Under his direction, the zoo was twice named as the "Best Managed Non-profit Organization" in the City of Atlanta. In 2016 he was honored with the Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award from the Society of Psychologists in Management (SPIM). He regularly consults with government agencies and nonprofit organizations throughout the world including the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of the Interior. A charismatic speaker, he also maintains an active schedule of public lectures.