J. D. Wright

J. D. Wright is a Part-Time Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh, affiliated with the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences and the Department of English. He serves as a teaching and learning consultant at the University Center for Teaching and Learning, with prior roles in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. His expertise spans 17th-century devotional arts, George Herbert’s poetry, and intersections between law and literature. He designs interdisciplinary courses such as Behind Bars: Cross-Cultural Representations of Prison and Law, Literature, and Cinema.

• PhD in English (2015, University of Pittsburgh)
• JD (1992, College of William and Mary)
• BA in Government (1989, College of William and Mary, High Honors)

Research interests include religious poetry, legal narratives, and cultural representations of madness, empire, and prison systems. His writing appears in venues like Anglican and Episcopal History and Law and Literature. Despite extensive teaching and research, no formal advising or grant records are specified in the text.