{"id":21752,"date":"2022-09-02T10:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=21752"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:04:29","slug":"esther-a-enright","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/esther-a-enright\/","title":{"rendered":"Esther A. Enright"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image21752_e81354-1e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image21752_e81354-1e\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Esther Enright.\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-27446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-317x476.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-423x635.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright-634x951.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/Esther-Enright.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading21752_d7c4b0-13\"><strong>Interim Associate Dean<\/strong><br><strong>Director of Graduate and Online Programs<\/strong><br><strong>Associate Professor of Educational Leadership<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:esther.enright@maine.edu\">esther.enright@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>334 Merrill Hall<br>University of Maine<br>Orono, ME 04469-574<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> <span id=\"m_6108823010917631340gmail-docs-internal-guid-b41f4a22-7fff-b2f5-4fbe-ce654c63cccc\">Esther A. Enright, Ph.D. (she\/they) is interim associate dean and director of graduate and online programs in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine. Dr. Enright is an associate professor of educational leadership, whose research interests center around the positioning of university-based professional preparation programs within the higher education system, and how a better understanding of that embeddedness could inform equity-based approaches to program recruitment, admissions, curriculum building, and student development. Additionally, Dr. Enright studies leadership in public systems within predominantly rural states. Prior to becoming faculty, Dr. Enright worked as a middle and high school teacher, student success coordinator, and higher education student affairs professional.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><br>Ph.D. in Education, 2016, University of Michigan<br>M.A. in Higher Education, 2015, University of Michigan<br>M.A. in Political Science, 2009, Hebrew University of Jerusalem<br>B.Sc. in History and Secondary Education, 2003, University of Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses taught at 91¸£Àû<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EAD 655: Qualitative Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EAD 656: Social and Ethical Foundations of Educational Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EAD 656: Stakeholder Engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EAD 660: The Adult Learner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sample publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>McNaughtan, J., <strong>Enright, E. A.,<\/strong> Xia, W., Billings, M.,&amp; Harris, N. F. (2025). Shared Governance in&nbsp;<em>Wicked<\/em>&nbsp;Times: Perceptions of Faculty Senate Presidents on Faculty and Administrator Relationships.<em>Teachers College Record<\/em>. <em>127<\/em>(1): 1-36. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/01614681251322581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/01614681251322581<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McNaughtan, J.,<em> <\/em><strong>Enright, E. A.<\/strong>,<em> <\/em>&amp; Harris, N. F. (2024). A seat at the table: A conceptual model to frame shared governance from the perspectives of faculty senate presidents. <em>Higher Education Policy<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41307-024-00370-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41307-024-00370-3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enright, E. A<\/strong>., &amp; Toledo, W. (2023). What type of citizen am I? A study of preservice elementary teachers\u2019 civic identities. <em>Journal of Social Studies Education Research<\/em>. <em>1<\/em><em>4<\/em>(1): 83-109. <a href=\"http:\/\/jsser.org\/index.php\/jsser\/article\/view\/4685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/jsser.org\/index.php\/jsser\/article\/view\/4685<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enright, E. A<\/strong>., Toledo, W., &amp; Wright, K. L. (2023). Advancing civics-specific disciplinary writing in the elementary grades. <em>Journal of Writing Research<\/em>. <em>15<\/em>(1): 41-71. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17239\/jowr-2023.15.01.03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17239\/jowr-2023.15.01.03<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enright, E. A<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>, Toledo, W., Drum, S., &amp; Brown, S. (2022). Teaching with culturally sustaining practices during COVID-19: A comparative case study of teachers\u2019 adapting civics instruction. <em>The Journal of Social Studies Research<\/em>.<em> 46<\/em>(1): 69-83. <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jssr.2021.11.007&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662209778653000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3lccqFhVC5Gpm2Y4qXkV39\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jssr.2021.11.007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jssr.2021.11.007<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enright, E. A.<\/strong>, &amp; Wieczorek, D. (2022). Advancing a democratic pedagogy and supervision framework: An Illustrative case of teacher questioning in secondary mathematics instruction. <em>Journal of Educational Supervision. 4<\/em>(3): 17-45. <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31045\/jes.4.3.4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662209778653000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nSoBG9aZKfJgSoP8GxFWG\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31045\/jes.4.3.4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31045\/jes.4.3.4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aronson, B. A., <strong>Enright, E. A.<\/strong>, &amp; Amatullah, T. (2021). Developing an angled perspective as teacher educators: Using narrative reflection to disrupt the funding of identity in teacher education.&nbsp;<em>Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 13<\/em>(3), 215\u2013232. <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14305\/jn.19440413.2021.13.3.03&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662209778653000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3UPilP4PrLOT5Tgwx77eR5\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14305\/jn.19440413.2021.13.3.03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14305\/jn.19440413.2021.13.3.03<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Williams, H., &amp; <strong>Enright, E. A.<\/strong> (2020). Using lifemaps to build capacity for educational leadership. <em>International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education<\/em>. <em>32<\/em>(1): 159-167. <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.isetl.org\/ijtlhe\/pdf\/IJTLHE3702.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662209778653000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hO32UxgWi4AQHucDmE7sP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isetl.org\/ijtlhe\/pdf\/IJTLHE3702.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.isetl.org\/ijtlhe\/pdf\/IJTLHE3702.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dismuke, S., <strong>Enright, E. A.<\/strong>, &amp; Wenner, J. A. (2019). Building capacity in teacher preparation with practitioner inquiry: A self-study of teacher educators\u2019 clinical feedback practices. <em>Journal of Practitioner Research<\/em>. <em>5<\/em>(1): 1-18. <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5038\/2379-9951.4.1.1095&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1662209778653000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2slh6fIBYaQFtMsE-cLpxO\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5038\/2379-9951.4.1.1095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5038\/2379-9951.4.1.1095<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Esther on<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Jw7ZN2MAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esther A. 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