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Charles D.T. Macaulay

Assistant Professor

Sport Management

Education

Ph.D. in Learning, Leadership, and Educational Policy, University of Connecticut, 2021
MS in Sport Management, University of Connecticut, 2017
BA in Sociology, University of British Columbia, 2014
AA in Culture and Technology, Capilano University, 2012

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management,UMass Amherst, 2021 - Present

Research Interests

Critical Management Studies
Activism in Sport
Social Movements in Sport
Organizational Behavior in Sport
Organizational Decision Making in Sport
Organizational Member Sense-Making in Sport
College Athletics Governance

Teaching Interests

General
  • Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture
  • Organizational Behavior of Sport Organizations
  • Sport Leadership
  • College Athletics

Recent Honors

Nominated for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Teaching Award, 2023-24
I am a passionate educator and critical scholar. As a critical scholar I focus on how normative and cognitive structures affect organizational decision making, the outcomes of organizational decisions

I am a passionate educator and critical scholar. As a critical scholar I focus on how normative and cognitive structures affect organizational decision making, the outcomes of organizational decisions, and how stakeholders can disrupt organizations actions. This has translated into a research line exploring how organizational members make sense of change, how organizations handle complex environments, and how stakeholder activism can lead to change. I have several publications in highly ranked journals and have a forth coming co-edited book, The Handbook on Activism in Sport. As an educator I strive to create interactive, impactful, and engaging learning environments for all. Utilizing my research skills, I bring data informed best practices into the classroom, my mentorship, professional development, and project management to ensure I am creating high impact and inclusive learning environments. Reflecting my commitment to being an effective educator, I was nominated for the 2023/2024 University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Teaching Award. Further, I currently manage 10 research projects, have published extensively, given numerous academic and professional presentations, and continue to strive to be an effective listener, learner, and educator. 

Selected Publications

Macaulay, C.D.T. Keaton, A.C.I. (Accepted). The racialized work strategies of racialized organizations. Sport Business and Management.

Sveinson, K. & Macaulay, C.D.T. (Accepted). The Gendered construction of idealized fans: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of official team-licensed merchandise for children. Journal of Sport Management. 

Macaulay, C.D.T. (2023). The effects of decoupling Student-Athlete Advisory Committees; Complacency, apathy, and hostility. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics. 

Macaulay, C.D.T. & Woulfin, S. (2023). Institutional plurality and a fractured organizational self. Sport, Business, and Management. DOI: 10.1108/SBM-10-2022-0096 

Macaulay, C.D.T., Burton, L., Woulfin, S. (2022). Making sense of competing logics in the collegiate athletic field: The sensemaking processes of college athletes. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics. (15), 94-124.

LeChasseur, K. A., Macaulay, C.D.T., Fernández, É. (2020). Professionalism and parents: A new frame for colorblind racism in schooling. Critical Sociology.

Klein, M., Macaulay, C.D.T., & Cooper, J. (2020). The Perfect Game: An Ecological Systems Approach to the Influences of Elite Youth and High School Baseball Socialization. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 2(1), 2.

Macaulay, C.D.T., Cooper, J.N., Dougherty, S. (2019). High School Football and the Athletic-Market Economy: Recruiting, Producing, and Manufacturing Talent. Sport Sociology Journal. 1-10.

Cooper, J. N., Macaulay, C. D. T., & Rodriguez, S. H. (2019). Race and resistance: A typology of African American sport activism. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 54(2), 151–181.