Andrew Jordan Wright

A. Jordan Wright is a board-certified assessment psychologist who consults widely in the assessment and evaluation field. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, as well as a Master’s in Psychology in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is currently the Director of the Ph.D. program in combined Clinical/Counseling Psychology at New York University, where he founded and runs the Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing, as well as teaching and supervising psychological testing and assessment for the doctoral students.

Dr. Wright wrote the sixth edition of the Handbook of Psychological Assessment (2016), the most widely used textbook in the field on the topic. He has also published several other books on assessment, including Conducting Psychological Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners (2nd Edition; 2020), the Essentials of Psychological Tele-Assessment (2021), and the Essentials of Culture in Psychological Assessment (2024). Additionally, he has written many articles on the topic of psychological assessment and training in psychology more broadly. He is a fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment and the American Psychological Association, as well as the President of the board of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and having been a past president of the Assessment section of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Clinical Psychology. He has also written widely on issues of LGBTQ+ psychology and other aspects of psychotherapy.