Jay Caulfield

Jay CaulfieldMarquette University

O'Brien Hall, 448Q

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-5556jay.caulfield@marquette.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor of Management

As first generation college graduate and a late-in-life academic whose dream was to become a teacher and researcher at a well-established university with a passion for social justice, I have been blessed to fulfill that dream at Marquette University for the past 20+ years.   My previous 25 years as a healthcare leader and administrator laid the foundation for my teaching leadership and ethics in the classroom, where I hope to instill in students a passion for making the world a better place by leading ethically and competently in the organizations where they work and in the communities they serve. 

Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, Minor in Management, Alverno College, 1986
• Master Degree in Business Administration, Marquette University, 1993
• Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Marquette University, 2001

Courses Taught

Fall, 2025: Character-Driven Leadership, LEDR 6115; Concepts of Ethical Business Practice, MBA 6120 (two sections); Leading People and Change, MBA 6140. Spring, 2026: Contemporary Leadership, LEDR 6051; Concepts of Ethical Practice, MBA 6120 (3 sections)

Research Interests

My Research interests are in the areas of contemporary leadership, business ethics, major change, social networks, and teaching and learning in higher education. My passion for research is to study vulnerable groups, enabling them to better flourish in their personal lives, communities, and employment opportunities, and this is reflected in the research I do. My past studies have focused on employee challenges and opportunities during major organizational change, student athletes who struggle with balancing their role as both student and athlete, exploring how business and community might effectively work together to reduce social problems such as teen pregnancy, and researching how single-mother households might better flourish in their personal lives as well as in the community and their employment opportunities.   

Professional Affiliations

• International Leadership Association
• Society of Business Ethics
• Academy of Management
• American Psychological Association

Specialization

Leadership, ethics and organizational change. 

Selected Publications

1. Caulfield, J. L., Lee, F. K., & Baird, C. A. (2022). Navigating the Ethically Complex and Controversial World of College Athletics: A Humanistic Leadership Approach to Student Athlete Well-Being. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-15.
2. Caulfield, J. L., Baird, C. A., & Lee, F. K. (2022). The Ethicality of Point-of-Sale Marketing Campaigns: Normative Ethics Applied to Cause-Related Checkout Charities. Journal of Business Ethics, 175(4), 799-814.
3. Caulfield, J. L., Lee, F. K., & Richards, B. A. (2021). Leadership as an art: an enduring concept framed within contemporary leadership. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 42(5), 735-747.
4. Caulfield, J. L. & Brenner, E. F. (2020). Resolving complex community problems: Applying collective leadership and Kotter's change model to wicked problems within social system networks. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 30(3), 509-524. Authors awarded a certificate from Wiley for one of the top ten downloaded papers for Nonprofit Management & Leadership.

Honors and Awards

• Society of Business Ethics, First Runner Up,  Best Paper for Practical Solutions, 2024
• Midwest Academy of Management Best Paper Award, 2019
• Golden Rose Recipient, Marquette University, 2014
• Outstanding service award for teaching, service and research; College of Professional Studies, Marquette University, Spring, 2011.

University Service

• CoBA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, 2024-25
• University Board of Graduate Studies (2005-15)
• University Committee on Teaching (2004-14)
• Institutional Review Board (2008-13)
• University Assessment Committee (2005-09, 2023-26)