Terry Boyd is interested in the relationship between the material environment and the people who produce it, inhabit it and give meaning to it. This has led to work as varied as study of the mass produced furniture of Frank Lloyd Wright within the larger context of furniture design, to study of contemporary studio art furniture which she is involved with at present.
In the recent past her work has focused on Frank Lloyd Wright, as a guest scholar and lecturer at both Taliesin West and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.
She has served on the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Review Board, Madison Trust for Historic Preservation and consulted on the restoration of projects.