Marcus Donaldson

Marcus Donaldson is a second-year Sociology Ph.D. student at the School of Social and Family Dynamics and a research assistant at the Center for the Study of Guns in Society. Marcus is an aspiring Sports Sociologist, and his work focuses on the National Basketball Association (NBA), Black community empowerment, and racial justice.



Marcus has expertise in public education and teaching, qualitative research analysis, analyzing race and racism in the United States, research design, community organizing, and internet mediated research. Marcus has taught in the public middle school system and worked in the field of climate justice at the government level.



Marcus’s masters degree research focused on the relationship between police departments and the Black community. As such, Marcus spent several years analyzing the traumatic effects that witnessing police violence on social media has on Black users. His worked has been published in AZ Central and the International Migration Review.



Marcus is a dual-citizen and a well-traveled individual who has spent considerable time in 24 different countries. Marcus had lead multi-ethnic collaboration efforts implementing racial inclusion techniques in education, local government, and has sat on student-led police reform boards.

Marcus is a member of the American Sociological Association.