La Jerne Terry Cornish is an American academic administrator who is the 10th president of Ithaca College.

Cornish was a professor and the associate provost for undergraduate students at Goucher College.

[2] She worked as a language arts instructor for Baltimore City Public Schools from 1983 to 1992.

[3] She earned a Ph.D. in language, literacy, and culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in May 2005.

[4] Cornish joined Ithaca College as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs in 2018.