"[16] Jodey Castricano and Rasmus R. Simonsen called it "the first vegan studies monograph to be published by a university press.

[6] Emelia Quinn and Benjamin Westwood called the book, "the first major academic monograph" on veganism and the humanities.

Serving as the Faculty Senate Chair at the time, she publicly spoke out against student's concerns regarding Residential Assistance DEI training.

[24] Following a Fox News article in which student Resident Assistants spoke about how the training conflicted with their views, Wright organized a t-shirt fundraiser campaign via Custom Ink and posted it to WCU Faculty Senate social media to dismiss students concerns.

[24] This campaign was posted to the Faculty Senate Instagram and had a caption which included an advocacy to "make fun of this nonsense.

"[25] In response to this move made by the Faculty Senate and Wright, students at WCU's campus stated that "the fact that the Faculty Senate can mock students opinions just because they don't agree with them ... makes us feel like we don't have anybody to go to at the school.