Peter L. Wright, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor of Education

Schools: Trinity College , Trinity Graduate School

Contact: 847-317-8018 Email
Office: • McLennan 156c

Office Hours:

As posted

Following graduation from Trinity College, I truly enjoyed working for thirty-two years in the public schools of Waukegan, IL and Vernon Hills, IL as an elementary classroom teacher, school psychologist (K-12), special education coordinator, and IEP database supervisor.  I taught previously at National-Louis University and at TIU in the college, graduate school, and REACH program as adjunct faculty.  My dissertation was based on a 10 month family journey around the United States studying the impact of family dynamics on living and learning, how personal learner characteristics influence the teaching/learning process, and the influence of experiential education.  No, it was not a vacation - but we loved it!

Currently, I am a member of the Council for Exceptional Children.  My current interests include working within educational systems to encourage positive change for all students, helping understand and teach exceptional students, brain-based learning, and the application of educational psychology to increase learning for all students.  My current research is seeing if the use of a commercially available software product encourages cognitive and reading growth.  Data was collected during the 10/11 school year on students in my undergraduate Eduational Psychology courses.