Taylor Henry , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Human Development Culture and Media
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Taylor Henry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Human Development Culture and Media
Taylor M. Henry is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Seton Hall. He has published articles in Television and New Media, Sociology of Sport Journal, Velvet Light Trap and the Journal of Sport and Social Issues. His primary research interests are performances of racial and gender identity on sports television, primarily on talk and debate shows. He is a member of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) and the International Association for Communication and Sport (IACS). Dr. Henry has presented research at these conference, in addition to presentations at the National Communication Association (NCA).
Education
- Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Iowa (2021)
- M.A. in American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston (2016)
- B.A. in History, University of Texas at Austin (2010)
Scholarship
Journal Articles
- Henry, Taylor M. “Speak For Yourself: Fox Sports 1, Intra-racial Tension, and “Sticking to Sports” in the Age of Trump.” Television and New Media (Ahead of Print).
- Henry, Taylor M. “They’ve Never Played the Game”: “Cool Sports Girls,” Gender Inequality, And Garbage Time in Sports Punditry.” Sociology of Sport Journal (Ahead of Print).
- Henry, Taylor M., “From the Tribune to the Tube: The Development of Sports Punditry on Cable Television,” Velvet Light Trap 87, (2021): 50-63.
- Henry, Taylor M. and Thomas P. Oates. “‘Sport Is Argument’: Polarization, Racial Tension, and the Televised Sport Debate Format.” Journal of Sport and Social Issues 44, no. 2 (April 2020): 154–74.