James D. Wright
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James D. Wright

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James D. Wright is an author, educator, and the former Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Central Florida. In 2013, he was named a UCF Pegasus Professor, the University’s highest faculty honor. Until his retirement in 2018, Wright also served as the Director of the UCF Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences, served for 36 years as the editor-in-chief of the journal Social Science Research, and served as the editor-in-chief of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, published in 26 volumes by Elsevier in 2015. He has authored or coauthored 29 books and more than 300 articles, chapters, essays, reviews and polemics. He lives in St. Pete Beach with his wife Chris and their collection of dogs and cats.
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