Dr. Judy Pryor-Ramirez is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Service and the Director of the Executive Master of Public Administration Program at NYU Wagner. Her teaching and research examine the leadership approaches of nonprofit, social justice movement building, and public leaders using race, gender, and class analyses. Dr. Pryor-Ramirez engages in qualitative methodologies and specializes in community-based participatory action research. Dedicated to enabling transformative possibilities, Dr. Pryor-Ramirez centers justice and equity in her teaching, practice, and research. At NYU, she is a member of The Latinx Project network of faculty committed to interdisciplinary Latinx Studies. For service to the profession, Dr. Pryor-Ramirez is a member of the Partnership for Public Service Research Advisory Council. Prior to Wagner, Dr. Pryor-Ramirez served as the assistant dean and faculty member in leadership at the Bard College MBA program in New York City, where she taught courses on antiracist leadership and personal leadership development. Before that, she was a research and organizational development consultant for New York City nonprofits and institutions like The Laundromat Project, The Worker Institute, the Bronx Children’s Museum, and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, among others.
