Dr. Julie McCleery

Dr. McCleery is a Professor of Practice at the University of Washington (UW) and the Co-Director of the UW's Center for Leadership in Athletics. She is a researcher and advocate who specializes in research translation and interdisciplinary work in the fields of youth sports, women's sports, coaching, physical activity and play equity.  She is passionate about using research-practice partnerships to co-create interventions that center joy, safety, and quality in sport. She is the co-founder of the King County Play Equity Coalition, a collective action network of over 120 organizations in King County, WA dedicated to closing the play equity gap. She was on the US National Rowing Team as an athlete and a coach. She has a BA from Georgetown, a Masters from Harvard, a PhD from UW, and she's currently pursuing her JD at Seattle University. She loves hiking with her dogs and reading historical fiction.