Last year, Brown University announced that Mary Wright was embarking on a new adventure in early 2025.
If you are anywhere near or around the CTL world, you likely know (or know about) Mary Wright. Her 2023 JHU Press publication, Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape in Higher Education , is a must-read for every university leader. Mary—along with Tracie Addy , Bret Eynon and Jaclyn Rivard —also has a forthcoming book with Johns Hopkins (2026), which will provide a 20-plus-year look at continuities and changes in the field of educational development.
Therefore, it was big news earlier this year when Mary moved from her role as associate provost for teaching and learning and executive director of Sheridan Center at Brown to a new position as a professor of edu