Adam M. McCready

Associate Professor In-Residence of Higher Education and Student Affairs

Affiliate Faculty, UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media

Expertise: College student experience; Gendered climates in higher education; College men and masculinities; Social media; Digital literacy

Educational Leadership

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Academic Degrees:

Ph.D. in Higher Education – Boston College

M.A. in College Student Personnel – Bowling Green State University

B..S in Environmental Studies – The George Washington University

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Biography:

Adam M. McCready serves as Associate Professor In-Residence of Higher Education & Student Affairs at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education. His research critically examines the student experience with the intent of identifying and challenging oppressive structures in education. He has studied students’ experiences in historically white college social fraternities, college men and masculinities, and the relationship between social media use and students’ attitudes, behaviors and experiences. His research has been published in Journal of College Student Development, Journal of School Health, Psychology of Men & Masculinities, Research in Higher Education, Innovative Higher Education, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development and the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.

Adam serves on the NASPA Faculty Council and the NASPA Region I (New England and Eastern Canada) Advisory Board. In addition, he served as the Editor for the Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice from January 2023 until December 2024, and as the Vice Chair for Scholarship and Research for the ACPA Coalition on Men & Masculinities from January 2020 to December 2021.

Prior to his faculty career, Adam worked for the Department of Residential Life at MIT as Assistant Director of Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living Groups from 2011 to 2014. He received the MIT Infinite Mile for Student Life Award in 2014, the Institute’s highest honor for student affairs professionals. He served as the Coordinator of Greek Life in the Office of Student Involvement & Leadership at the University of New Hampshire from 2007 to 2011.

Selected Publications:

McCready, A. M, & Rohn, K. C. (2025). “It’s a fine line”: Parent and educator perceptions on the effects of adolescent digital media use on mental health. Journal of School Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.70028

McCready, A. M., Martínez Alemán, A. M., Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., & Gibson, S. (2025). Effects of racism on campus and online on perceptions of residence hall climates. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2025.2472332

Goodman, M. A., & Duran A., McCready, A. M. (2025). An examination of fraternity men’s orientations toward political and social involvement. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 62(1), 42–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2024.2393077

McCready, A. M., Biddix, J. P., Feuer, E., & Hopkins, E. (2024). Identifying college hazing precursors and related behaviors. New Directions in Student Services, 187, 27–39. http://doi.org/10.1002/ss.20525

Martínez Alemán, A. M., McCready, A. M., & Rowan-Kenyon, H. T. (2024). How social media affect college students: Examining the past, a framework for the future. Journal of College Student Development, 65(2), 169–182. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2024.a923527

Duran, A., McCready, A. M., Goodman, M. A., & Selznick, B. S. (2024). A quantitative examination of social justice orientation among members of a historically white sorority. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000558

Duran, A., McCready, A. M. & Goodman, M. A. (2024). Men, masculinities, and relational leadership attitudes in the collegiate fraternity environment. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 17(1), 46 – 62. https://doi.org/10.1080/26379112.2023.2294731

Selznick, B. S., Goodman, M. A., McCready, A. M., & Duran, A. (2024). Developing relational leaders through sorority engagement: A quantitative approach. Innovative Higher Education 49, 319–347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-024-09697-6

McCready, A. M., Selznick, B. S., & Duran, A. (2023). Will anything change? Examining historically white fraternity members’ development of openness to diversity in contemporary times. Research in Higher Education. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-023-09732-z

McCready, A. M., Dahl, L. S. (2023). A longitudinal examination of masculinity and hazing endorsement among fraternity men. Innovative Higher Education, 48(1), 39–54.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-022-09597-7

McCready, A. M., Schutts, J., & McCreary, G. R. (2022). Fraternities as settings for sexual assault: An examination of the relationships of traditional masculine norms climates and sexual assault mindsets. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 23(2), 222–232. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000375

Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., McCready, A. M., Martínez Alemán, A. M., & Barone, N. (2022). Does experiencing racialized aggressions on social media influence perceptions about the campus racial climate? Research in Higher Education, 63, 610–630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-021-09662-8

Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., & McCready, A. M., Martínez Alemán, & Yarri, A. (2022). ^^KWIM? BRB: How do emerging adults communicate differently than previous generations? In T. A. Duncan, & A. Buskirk-Cohen (Eds.) Cultivating success: A multi-faceted approach to working with emerging adults in higher education (pp. 68-81). Oxford University Press.

McCready, A. M., Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., Martínez Alemán, A. M., & Barone, N. (2021). Students of color, mental health, and racialized aggressions on social media. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. 58(2), 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2020.1853555

Rowan-Kenyon, H. T., McCready, A. M., Martínez Alemán, A. M., & Barone, N. (2021). Measuring racist aggressions on social media and the effects on U.S. college students of color: An instrument validation. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 54(3), 156-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2020.1827437

McCready, A. M. (2020). Collective fraternity chapter masculine norm climates as predictors of social dominance hazing motivations. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 57(5), 532-545. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2019.1669455