Cameron C. Beatty, Ph.D., is an associate professor and associate department chair in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at Florida State University. Dr. Beatty teaches courses with the undergraduate leadership studies program and the Higher Education Program, as well as conducting research with the Leadership Learning Research Center. He is a faculty affiliate with the African American Studies Program. Dr. Beatty was a 2024-25 Fellow with the University of California Freedom of Speech and Civic Engagement Center.
Dr. Beatty is a scholar passionate about deconstructing race, systemic racism, and hegemonic masculinity in postsecondary education environments. He has authored and co-authored over 20 peer reviewed journal articles. In 2019, he co-edited a monograph titled Critical Considerations for Race, Ethnicity and Culture for Fraternity and Sorority Life. Dr. Beatty recently co-authored two books for the Information Age Publishing series, Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership Learning. The first book, Engaging in the Leadership Process: Identity, Capacity, and Efficacy for College Students, is co-authored with Dr. Kathy Guthrie and Dr. Erica Wiborg. The second book, also co-authored with Dr. Kathy Guthrie, is titled Operationalizing Culturally Relevant Leadership Learning, and was published 2021. Engaging Black Men in College Through Leadership Learning, is co-edited with Dr. Jesse Ford and was published in 2023. Dr. Beatty’s recent book was published in 2024 and is co-edited with Dr. Amber Manning-Ouellette, Moving Toward Action: Centering Anti-Racism in Leadership Learning.
Dr. Beatty has taught undergraduate leadership courses with International Programs at FSU Florence in the summers of 2022, 2023, and 2025. Prior to joining the faculty at Florida State University, Dr. Beatty was an assistant professor at Salem State University in the higher education student affairs program. He was also previously the Coordinator and Lecturer for the Leadership Studies Program at Iowa State University, where he was not only responsible for the administration of the certificate program, but also directed the Global Leadership Study Abroad Program to Sweden and Vermeer International Scholarship Program. Dr. Beatty has professional experience in fraternity and sorority advising, campus programming boards, and supervising academic peer mentors.
Dr. Beatty is a 2020-2021 McKnight Junior Faculty Fellow with the Florida Education Fund. He recently received the FSU Inclusive Teaching and Mentoring Award. Dr. Beatty was named a 2018 ACPA (American College Personnel Association) Emerging Scholar designee. He completed his Ph.D. at Iowa State University in the Higher Education Administration Program with a concentration in Social Justice in 2014. Cameron received a B.S. in Sociology and a M.S. in Higher Education Student Affairs, both from Indiana University, Bloomington (IUB).