Alexis Wright

Alexis A. Wright serves as professor and program director for the Tufts DPT Boston program. Wright has been invested in DPT education since 2011. She was recognized as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists in 2011 and achieved APTA board-certified orthopedic specialization in 2015. Wright is also a 2019 graduate of the Education Leadership Institute Fellowship through the APTA. She is a frequent research presenter at state, national, and international meetings and a productive author with more than 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the area of orthopedic physical therapy.

Wright’s previous roles included APTA Lecture Awards Subcommittee, APTA Awards Committee, and nominating committee chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. She is a 2007 recipient of the Emerging Leader Award for the American Physical Therapy Association and a 2012 recipient of the Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award for the American Physical Therapy Association.