BIOGRAPHY

PEGGY R. WRIGHT, MPA

  Director of the Delta Studies Center

Instructor in Geography

Ph.D. Candidate,  Community Economic Development, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH (2008)

MPA, Arkansas State University

BA in Geography, Arkansas State University

Current Projects:

Research Associate,  Dept. of Justice Weed & Seed National Evaluation Team, SNHU

Strong-Turner Alumni Chapter/Delta Studies Center, Joint Oral History Project

Teaching:

Introduction to Geography
Economic  Geography
Geography of Africa
Political Geography
World Regional Geography

Areas of Interest:

Student Internship/Service Learning Projects
Community Economic Development

Service:

Arkansas Community Foundation Board (Secretary), Little Rock, AR
Delta Cultural Center Board,  (Chair), Helena, AR
Housing Assistance Council Board, Washington, DC
Lower Mississippi Delta Service Corps Board,  (AR/MS/LA)
Strong-Turner Alumni Chapter of the ASU Alumni Association

Hobbies:

Traveling, gardening, desktop publishing