Whitney Wesley, DEd

Dr. Wesley joined the Edinboro faculty in 2011 after seven years as a high school math teacher for the Butler Area School District. She most frequently teaches courses in instructional techniques, assessment, and educational research at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She currently serves as the Assistant Chairperson for the Department of Middle & Secondary Education and Educational Leadership and as the co-advisor for Freshman Common Hour and the Middle-level and Secondary Education Club. She recently co-developed the STEM endorsement program along with Dr. Gwen Price and Dr. Joseph Johnson.

Since coming to PennWest Edinboro, she has been actively involved with numerous university and department committees and service projects and professional development consultantships with area schools. 

Her teaching has been recognized with a 2012 FEEC Educator of the Month Award, a 2015 Dr. Robert C. Webber Honors Program Award for Excellence in Teaching, and with nominations for the Edinboro Faculty Member of the Year Award in 2012 and 2015.

Dr. Wesley’s professional career outside of academia includes serving on the executive boards of the Pennsylvania Association for Middle Level Education, the Pennsylvania Professors of Middle Level Education, and the Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Western Region). She is also an active member of the Pennsylvania Schools to Watch site visit team. 

She enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter and traveling to visit family and friends.