Teaching at UW-Madison

In the Fall of 2024 I designed and taught an intro-level course on Black politics in the African American Studies Department.

• Lower-division lecture
• Overall Rating (averages): 4.14/5
• 24 Enrolled Students
• 12/24 Evaluations of Instruction (50%)

A student in this course nominated me for the Honored Instructor program. Their nomination read:

Andrene Wright’s passion for the subject matter is extremely visible. She encourages discussion and makes it so that everyone feels like they have a voice in class. I enjoy the fact that she makes the class feel smaller and more connected and takes the time to learn everyone’s names. I enjoy that she encourages small group learning. Additionally, her personality makes the course even more enjoyable. She demonstrates humor and humility.

In the Fall of 2024 I designed and taught an upper-level course on Black Women’s political behavior in the African American Studies Department.

• Upper-division “bridge-course” lecture
• Overall rating (averages): 4.95/5
• 6 Enrolled Undergraduate students, 2 Enrolled Graduate students
• 7/8 Evaluations of instruction (87.5%)
  
  She was an amazing professor! She was very engaged with the topic and did a good job making everyone feel welcomed and like all contributions mattered. I really appreciated this course!
  
  Professor Wright-Johnson is incredibly knowledgeable, as well as easy to work with, and makes the course extremely engaging. I’ve recommended it to many of my friends already, as I felt I was always learning something new and engaging in incredible discussions. Her style of teaching is very helpful to my style of learning, and the readings were great. I am very glad I took this class.

She was the only TA I had all quarter who was able to lead really good dialogue over Zoom (which is saying something because people tend to be VERY shy on Zoom) and she was my primary source of knowledge for a lot of the course. I would love to have her as a TA in the future because if she was able to deliver such a strong discussion online, I could only imagine how well she would do in person

Andrene is undoubtedly the best TA I’ve had at Northwestern. She comes to every discussion prepared with questions, activities, prompts, etc. She is a wealth of knowledge and she communicates very clearly. Discussion just flows with her. I really enjoyed hearing her perspective and her thoughts. Andrene is an amazing TA!

Honestly the best TA. She’s fun and approachable, but simultaneously leads discussions that cover a lot of material. Super smart, well–prepared, and made the class experience better overall.

She is dedicated to making sure each student understands course material, and she strives to make discussion sections engaging. She brought in tangible, recent examples of theories/information we learned about in class (e.g., the mixed–income apartment building in NYC and the Newsday documentary about discrimination in the real estate market), which was really helpful

Andrene was a fantastic TA. Well–prepared, willing to address questions, facilitated a highly open discussion environment, etc. Very little (cannot think of any weaknesses) room for improvement.

Andrene always led great discussions in her discussion section, she kept the room open and friendly to each other’s ideas, and she always expressed care for how well students were doing in the class, always answering questions if students didn’t feel super confident on a certain topic.

Andrene is an incredible instructor and brilliant student of politics.

Andrene was such a wonderful TA; she was always extremely prepared for section and engaged each of us in the discussion. She always brought in very thought provoking questions and points to guide discussion, but also gave all of us agency to ask our own questions from lecture and then cater discussion towards those. She was always very approachable and kind, and I am very grateful to have been in her section this quarter!

Co-created with Bethany Hill and Dr. Danny Cohen

An interactive online exhibit that centers the voices of Black mothers who’ve lost their children to gun violence. From their testimonies, the exhibit teaches lessons on grief, justice, and healing. Learn more here.