Media, Film, Italian Politics, History, Art History, and much more!

As the Department of Communication’s Academic Advising Director, Dr. Wright designs, implements, oversees, and evaluates an advising program of individual students; assesses diverse needs of students who use the Communication advising services; and adjusts the structure of the program to address those needs. She has also helped to create an advising training program, has improved the student/advisor communication system, and has implemented a graduate-student advisor intern program with the College of Education and Human Development.

Dr. Wright received her B.S. from Phillips University and her M.A. in Mass Communication from Texas Tech University. She earned her PhD from Regent University in May 2005, after completing her dissertation entitled, "Digital Piracy: The Investigation of Music Downloading via Peer-to-Peer Connections on theInternet."

As an active member in various organizations such as the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), she has presented numerous papers, been on several panels, and has been involved in interest groups as Chair. In 2008, from a group of almost 1000 people, Dr. Wright was one of three people who received the prestigious "Committee of Scholars" Award from ECA.

Dr. Wright is conversational in Italian (and always learning to improve) and over the last two decades she and her husband have taken an interest in learning more about wine. They are both certified scuba divers and are always planning their next trip!