Tiffany Wright

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Title
Graduate Program Coordinator, Principal Certification Program
Department
Department of Educational Foundations
Institution
Millersville University

Education

  • EdD in Educational Leadership, Johns Hopkins University (2009)

Research Interests

Principal Residency Program   LGBT Educators Perceptions   Climate for LGBT Educators  

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Biography

Dr. Tiffany Wright, an Associate Professor in the Educational Foundations Department at Millersville University for almost 11 years, has served as an educator and school leader in various settings for 25 years. She is the founder and former Co-Director of the EdD Program in Educational Leadership jointly offered between Millersville and Shippensburg Universities. In addition, she coordinates the Graduate Program in Leadership for Teaching and Learning which leads to principals’ certification, which also has included developing partnerships with urban schools through grant money from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Dr. Wright currently chairs the Graduate Course and Program Review Committee, where she facilitates a group of strong and experienced faculty in reviewing policies and curriculum at the graduate level. She conducts research on the workplace climate for LGBT educators, equity in leadership preparation, and principals’ evaluations of teachers, and she has given countless professional development sessions to educators and service professionals on LGBT issues in schools.

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List of Publications (41)
In 2019
41

Wright, T., & Powers, B. (2019, July). Ensuring equity in the classroom. Professional Development Session for The School District of the City of York Teacher Conference 2019: Transformation through Equity & Diversity: York, PA. Leadership York

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40

Wright, T., & Smith, N. (2019). LGBT educators' perceptions of safety and support and implications

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In 2018
39

Wright, T. (2018, Sept). How to implicitly and explicitly support transgender students in your classroom and school. Professional Development Session for Dallastown Area School District's Equity and Excellent in Service Event: Dallastown, PA.

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38

Rice, K. Wright, T., Powers, B., Washington, T., & Whitlow, J. (2018, Aug). Supporting Our Diverse Student Population Through Diversity to Inclusion. presentation to Millersville University New Faculty Orientation.

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37

Smith, N., Wright, T., & Gaudino, A. (2018). Creating Follettian schools in a non-Follettian world. In

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36

Wright, T. (2018, May 16). LGBTQ educators: What we know and what they need. [Online blog post].

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In 2017
35

Wright, T. & Powers, B. (2017, June). Poverty & cultural proficiency. Professional Development Session for Tri-Community Elementary School, Central Dauphin School District.

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34

Wright, T. (2017, July). Multiple measures in gifted identification. Presentation for the Urban Aspiring Leaders Program, Shippensburg University: Reading, PA.

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33

Wright, T., & Smith, N. (in press). LGBT educators' perceptions of school climate from 2007-2017 and

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32

McCotter, S., & Wright, T. (2017). Principals' perceptions and enactment of tasks related to changes

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In 2015
31

Wright, T. (2015, Oct). How to support transgender students. Professional Development Session at Hampden Elementary School/Middle School: Baltimore, MD.

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Wright, T. (2015, Oct). LGBT educators' perceptions of school climate and implications for research and practice. Google hangout presentation to be given at the Fall 2015 Board Meeting of the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice.

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Carroll, J., Smith, P., Rothstein, Y., Wright, T., & Weaver, S. (2015, Sept). Creating safe spaces for LGBT students in schools. Panel presentation at Millersville University as part of the Lockey Lecture Event Series.

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28

Toure, J., Taliaferro, R., Pico, R., & Wright, T. (2015, Fall) Know your students and their dreams: A

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27

Wright, T.E., & Smith, N.J. (2015). A safer place? LGBT educators, school climate, and implications

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26

Wright, T., Desmond, C., and Sharkey, S. (2015). The principal preparation inventory and its

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In 2014
25

Wright, T. (2014, Sept). Paperless grading with assignment grader. Presentation at Millersville University Center for Academic Excellence Event, Supporting Sustainability: Becoming a Paperless Campus: Millersville, PA.

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Wright, T. (2014, Aug). Resources to support our diverse student population. Panel presentation at Millersville University New Faculty Orientation: Millersville, PA.

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Wright, T. (2014, May). How learning is organized. Presentation at Annual Millersville University UNIV 103 Faculty Development Workshop.

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Wright, T., Thomas, D., & Rogers, S. (2014). CTE academic and technical curriculum integration to meet the

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In 2013
21

Wright, T., Desmond, C., and Wilson, P. (2013). Evaluation of principal candidates from the school district and university perspectives PA Administrator 17 (3), 17-22.

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Wright, T., & Smith, N. (2013). Bullying of LGBT youth and school climate for LGBT educators. Gender Education Music & Society, 6(1), 16-27.

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In 2012
19

Wright, T. & Smith, N. (2012). Creating safe LGBT school environments for students and staff. In J.A. Aiken & C. I. Gerstl-Pepin (Eds.) Social justice leadership for a global world. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

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Wright, T. (2012, December). An overview of Pixton.com in M.Ed. classes. Poster session presented at the Annual Millersville University Technology Showcase Event: Millersville, PA.

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Wright, T. (2012, December). The four tenets of NHS and the responsibility to uphold them. Keynote speech for the 2012 NHS Induction at York County School of Technology: York, PA.

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Wright, T. (2012, September). The reappointment process from the 1st year faculty member's perspective. Presentation to for the First Year Faculty Professional Development Program at Millersville University, Millersville, PA.

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In 2010
15

Wright, T. (2010). LGBT educators' perceptions of school climate. Phi Delta Kappan, 91(8), 49-53.

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Wright, T. (2010, August). The environment for LGBT students and staff in schools. Presentation at Johns Hopkins University for Education of Culturally Diverse Students (882.524.61), Columbia, MD.

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13

Wright, T. (2010, February). Leadership for safe and inclusive schools: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and

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In 2008
12

Smith, N.J., Wright, T., Reilly, C., & Esposito, J. (March, 2008). A national study of LGBT educators' perceptions of their workplace climate. Paper presented at the Annual AERA Conference, New York, NY. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. 501252).

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Wright, T., & Brooks, S. (under review). District and school leaders' efforts to facilitate the public gender transition of one high school teacher. Journal of School Leadership.

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10

transgender educators' perceptions of school climate. Presentation at Millersville University,

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9

Licata, A., Wright, T., & Munster, K. (in press). Personal experiences fuel principal preparation course

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8

redesign. In Fowler, D., Heilig, J., Juganatos, S., & Johnson, A., (Eds) Equity and Access: An Analysis of Educational Leadership Preparation, Policy & Practice. Information Age Publishing.

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implications for school and district leaders. In Tran, H. & Jean-Marie, G. (Eds), Leadership in Turbulent Times: Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion in the Education Workplace. Emerald Publishing.

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6

for equity-oriented school leaders. Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Special Issue 2 on Educational Leadership and Social Justice.

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5

M. Stout (Ed.), The Future of Progressivism: Applying Follettian Thinking to Contemporary Issues (pp.421-448).

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to teacher evaluations. Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 1(1): 64-71.

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3

school district-university collaboration in sustained professional development in culturally relevant pedagogy. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 35 (1), 27-38.

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for administrators. The Educational Forum, 79, 1-14. DOI:

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contribution to the growth of educational leadership candidates' capacity in working with ELL students. Washington State Kappan, 9(1), 30-34.

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