Wendy Wright, Ph.D

Lecturer and Chair
(585) 395-5570
wwright@brockport.edu
Office: Brockport Downtown 541

Education

  • PhD (Political Science), State University of New York at Binghamton, 1999
  • M.A. (Political Science/Public Administration), State University of New York at Binghamton, 1990
  • B.S. (Secondary Ed.), State College of New York at Geneseo, 1970

Courses Taught

  • Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector
  • Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance
  • Budgeting for State and Local Government
  • Human Resource Management
  • Intergovernmental Relations
  • Statistics
  • Introduction to Computers for graduate students

Experience

  • Associate Chair, Department of Public Administration, SUNY College at Brockport, August 2017-present.
  • QAR, Department of Public Administration, SUNY College at Brockport, August 2012-present.
    Executive committee member and Ward Chairperson, Greece Democratic Committee, Greece, New York, 2010-present.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, SUNY College at Brockport, 1997-August 2007.
  • Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, King’s College, Wilkes Barre, PA, Fall 1994 – 1997.
  • Special Teaching Assistant for non-traditional graduate students, Methods and Statistics and Strategies for Public Administration, Department of Political Science, SUNY Binghamton, Fall 1993, Spring 1994.
  • Research Assistant to the Kellogg Leadership Program (evaluation of the leadership training program), School of Management, SUNY Binghamton, 1990 – 1993.
  • Business Consultant, Small Business Development Center, State of New York located at SUNYBinghamton, 1988 – 1990.
  • The Department of Economic and Community Development, State of Tennessee
    Small Business and Minority Business Consultant, Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville, TN, 1986 – 1988.
  • Program Manager for the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program, Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville, TN, 1982 – 1986.
  • Research Assistant, Department of Economic and Community Development in Nashville, TN, 1978 – 1982.
  • Merchandiser, JC Penney, Nashville, TN, 1975 – 1978.
  • Secondary Social Studies Teacher, Indian River Central School, Philadelphia, NY, 1970 – 1974.

SUNY Brockport College Service

  • Graduate Council, 2001 – 2004
  • Recruitment Committee for Dean of the School of Professions, 1999-2000
  • Various departmental committees