Kristy McCray

Kristy McCray

Phone
614-823-2601

Email
kmccray@otterbein.edu

Office
Health & Sport Sciences, 109

Associate Professor
Department of Health & Sport Sciences

Kristy McCray, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Southern California before working as an academic advisor for athletes at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She later served as the Executive Director for a non-profit rape crisis center before earning her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in Kinesiology – Sport Management. Now, she combines her two previous work experiences to do research on sexual violence in sport, focusing specifically on sexual violence prevention in college athletics.

Education

  • Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2015. Kinesiology (Sport Management)
  • M.Ed., University of Southern California, 2007. Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs
  • B.A., University of Southern California, 2002. Print Journalism and Political Science

Publications

  • McCray, K. L., Evans, J. O., Lower-Hoppe, L., Brgoch, S. M., & Ryder, A. (2023). Does athlete status explain sexual violence victimization and perpetration on college campuses? A socio-ecological study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(19-20), 10485-11331.
  • Newman, T., McCray, K., Lower-Hoppe, L., Ingram, D., Ohanasian, J., & Rockhill, C. (2023). Healthy masculinity construction: The influence of race, faith, and athletics. Children & Society, 37(3), 854-874
  • Evans, J. O., Lower-Hoppe, L., McCray, K. L., Brgoch, S. M., Ryder, A., & Burkhard, B. (2022). Sexual violence prevention among intercollegiate athletes, recreational athletes, and non-athletes: Environmental considerations for program interventions. Sport Social Work Journal, 1(1), 136-162.
  • Davis, E. A., Brgoch, S. M., Lower, L. M., Lynch, M., Johnston, D. A., Wray, D., McCray, K., & Parietti, M. L. (2022). Utilization and impact of career services among collegiate student-athletes. Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 4(3), 230-247.
  • McCray, K., & Taylor, E. (2021). “I learned that sports teaches rape culture”: Assessing sexual violence prevention education for intercollegiate athletes. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 14(1), 46-65.
  • McCray, K. L., & Taylor, E. A. (2021). Sexual Violence in Athletic Organizations. In R. Geffner, J. W. White, L. K. Hamberger, A. Rosenbaum, V. Vaughan-Eden, & V. Vieth, (Eds.), Handbook of interpersonal violence and abuse across the lifespan: A project of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV) (4107-4120). Springer Nature.
  • Cintron, A., Levine, J., & McCray, K. (2020). Preventing sexual violence on college campuses: An investigation of current practices of conducting background checks on student athletes. Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 30(1), 41-62.
  • McCray, K. L. (2019). Sexual Assault and Intercollegiate Athletes. In W. O’Donohue & P. Schewe (Eds.), Handbook of Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault Prevention (733-744). Springer.
  • Levine, J., Cintron, A., & McCray, K. (2019). Legal implications of conducting background checks on intercollegiate student athletes. Marquette Sports Law Review, 30(1), 85-115.
  • Taylor, E. A., Jones, G., McCray, K., & Hardin, R. (2019). Creating ethical decision makers: The influence of education on perceptions of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Sport Management Education Journal, 13(2), 73-82.
  • Bailey, R. L., & McCray, K. L. (2019). Keeping campuses safe: The college athlete crime and consequence conundrum. Journal of NCAA Compliance, May/June 2019, 3-24.
  • McCray, K. L., Sutherland, S. L., & Pastore, D. L. (2018). Creating change in intercollegiate athletics: The Sexual Assault Prevention Paradigm for athletic departments. Journal of Higher Education, Athletics, & Innovation, 1(4), 25-53.
  • Parietti, M., Lower, L., & McCray, K. (2016). The career readiness of intercollegiate athletes: Is there a gender gap? Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 9, 283-302.
  • Pastore, D. L., Parietti, M., McCray, K., Dabbs, S., Yang, S. Y., & Park, Y. (2015). Podcasts in higher education with specific examples in sport management. Future Focus: Ohio Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 36(2), 19-28.
  • McCray, K. L. (2015). Intercollegiate athletes and sexual violence: A review of literature and recommendations for future study. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 16(4), 438-443.

Affiliations & Awards

Awards
  • 2024: Otterbein Advisor of the Year
  • 2023-2024: Network of Practice Grant, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
  • 2019: Finalist, Best Paper Award, Sport Management Education Journal
  • 2018-2019: Ohio Department of Higher Education, Changing Campus Culture Grant
  • 2017: Otterbein New Teacher of the Year
Affiliations
  • North American Society for Sport Management, member
  • Sport & Recreation Law Association, member