Dr. Donovan Y. Collier is an academic in the School of Business and Public Administration at UDC, with a Ph.D. in Management from Auburn University. He specializes in strategic management, organizational resilience, and crisis leadership, particularly in firm-level performance and response during turbulent times. His research includes a focus on leader sensegiving in crises and the dynamics of organizational resilience.
Experience
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Management, Auburn University Master of Science in Business Administration: Strategic Management, University of Memphis Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Southeast Missouri State University
Roles
Member, Graduate Council, University of the District of Columbia, 2023-Present Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, School of Business and Public Administration, 2021-Present Member & Department Co-Lead, Assurance of Learning (Assessment) Committee, School of Business and Public Administration, 2020-Present Member, ACAO for Faculty Affairs Search Committee, University of the District of Columbia, 2024 Chair, Institutional Review Board, University of the District of Columbia, 2023-24 Member, Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee, University of the District of Columbia, 2023-24
Courses Taught
Global Strategic Management Business Policy and Strategy Introduction to International Business Multinational Corporate Management
Expertise
Research Focus / Works in Progress
Dynamics of organizational resilience including its development, activation, and strategic implications, especiallyfirm-level performance; organizations in turbulent environments; leader sensegiving in crisesLeadership:
Impact
Selected Publications
Collier, D. Y. (2024). Toward a push-pull model of leader sensegiving during crisis: A content analysis of United Nations Security Council communications. Advances in Social Sciences and Management, 2(8), 41-59. https://doi.org/10.63002/assm.28.599
Brown-Gaston, R. & Collier, D. Y. (2023). New York City and Airbnb: The ongoing war to address the need for short-term rental units. Journal of Business Cases and Applications, 41, 1-11.
Collier, D. Y. (2018). An examination of the impact of diverse internationalization experience on organizational resilience and a test of the Resilience Architecture Framework.
