Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Ex-Officio, Nursing Philosophy, Editor in Chief
Jess Dillard-Wright, PhD, MA, RN, CNM, FAAN (she/they) lives, works, and plays in Western Massachusetts. Jess is an associate professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing where she/they also serves as Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion. Her/their research occupies the intersection where nursing, philosophy, history, and activism meet, informed by feminist science and technology studies. Jess is currently serving as co-editor-in-chief for the journal Nursing Philosophy. Jess also served on the American Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights Advisory Board, contributing to the 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics.
Selected Publications:
Dillard‐Wright, J. (2024). Another nursing is possible: Ethics, political economies, and possibility in an uncertain world. Nursing Philosophy, 25(3), e12484.
Dillard‐Wright, J. (2023). Telling a different story: Historiography, ethics, and possibility for nursing. Nursing Philosophy, 24(3), e12444.
Dillard‐Wright, J. (2022). A radical imagination for nursing: Generative insurrection, creative resistance. Nursing Philosophy, 23(1), e12371.
Education Summary:
PhD, with distinction – Augusta University, 2020
MSN, Frontier Nursing University, 2015
MSN, Medical College of Georgia, 2009
MA, Sarah Lawrence College, 2006
BS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004