A. Jordan Wright, PhD, ABAP, ABPP

Director

A. Jordan Wright is the Director of the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing (CCCW) and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Steinhardt. He specializes in psychological testing and assessment, having authored multiple widely used textbooks on the subject with Wiley Publishers, including Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners, the Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Sixth Edition, Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment, and, most recently, the Essentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment. He has also published on psychotherapy with diverse populations, having written widely on the subjects of social justice and LGBTQ+ psychology. He has served as an executive board member of the Society for Personality Assessment, President of the Assessment Section of Division 12 at the American Psychological Association, and Chair of APA’s Board of Educational Affairs. Currently, he is the President of the Society of Clinical Psychology. He is also a Diplomate with the American Board of Assessment Psychology (ABAP) and the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), as well as a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment and the American Psychological Association. He was previously on faculty in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University and the State University of New York.