Danielle MacCartney

MacCartney holds a bachelor's degree in art and women's studies from New Mexico State University, a master's in social science from UC Irvine, and a Ph.D. in sociology, also from UC Irvine.

MacCartney was hired as an assistant professor at Webster University in 2007. Before that, she was a research fellow at the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. She also was an editorial assistant at the Journal of Social Problems, published by the University of California, Irvine, where she was a graduate teaching assistant. In 2008, she became the program director and chair of Women and Gender Studies in Webster’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. In 2011, she received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award from the Emerson Foundation, and was awarded the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2012, she created the Women and Gender Studies major and in 2013, she was named associate dean.

In 2015, she established the first college-wide, interdisciplinary student research conference emphasizing faculty-student collaborative research. That program has since expanded to be University wide. In 2018, she served on a University-wide steering committee to analyze and make recommendations for operational and academic efficiencies. The following year, she created study abroad research programs to Ghana, Thailand, and Costa Rica.

She has served as a fellow in Webster’s Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies since 2012 and has been director of criminology and criminal justice at the University since 2017.