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Donald D. McAulay, Jr., Ph.D., a native of New Haven and a proud graduate of James Hillhouse High School. Don received his doctoral degree in Learning, Leadership, and Educational Policy at the University of Connecticut NEAG School of Education and a Master's in Sport Management from Troy University. His Bachelor's degree is from the College of William & Mary.

His professional and scholarly interests focus on holistic athletic development across the athletic continuum, athletic identity, athletic transition/transference, institutional policy, and Black male sociopolitical and socioemotional identity development.

Don is currently a Youth Commissioner for the City of New Haven and a Board Committee member for the Social Justice Readers program at the Institute Library.

Education

  • BA, The College of William and Mary
  • MS, Troy University
  • PHD, University of Connecticut

Areas of Expertise

  • Management
  • Social Issues in Management
  • Organizational Leadership

Organization

  • Management

Office Location

  • Faculty Office Building 129

Mail Drop

  • SB-DNF

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed Presentations

"Intellectual Homeboys & Brotha Docs: Navigating Academia as a Black Male"

Williams, L., McAulay, Jr., D. D., & Fennell, M.,

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Chicago, IL (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Male at Camp

McAulay, Jr., D. D.

College Research Sports Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

HBHS / HBCU: Education, Sports, & Segregation

McAulay, Jr., D. D.

College Research Sports Institute., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC., United States (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

“We’re obviously educated on the field, but we’re educated on this thing called life”: Exploring the master narrative of Black male scholar-athletes navigational experiences in the socio-cultural environment of a historically White college and university

Herman III, J., McAulay, Jr., D., & Bopp, T.

North American Society for Sport Management, Minneapolis, MN., United States (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Student-Athletes Understanding Emotions & Identity Politics

McAulay, Jr., D. D.,

AthLife Foundation: 3ACE National Conference, University of Maryland, College Park (2024)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Anti-Black misandry as an emotional reflection with Black American male college athletes: An interpretative phenomenological study.

McAulay Jr., D. D.

Sociology of Sport Journal 1-12 (2024)

Peer Reviewed Journal

The Black college athletes’ burden: A critical analysis of race, civic engagement, and activism of National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes.

Cooper, J. N., McAulay, Jr., D. D., & Herman, J.

Sociology of Sport Journal 1 - 14 (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Angel vs Caitlin: An Interactionist Synthesis of Smack Talk

Fennell, Marcis, Ph.D., McAulay, Don, Ph.D

2023 North American Society of Sociology of Sport , New Orleans, LA (2023)

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