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Cedric Taylor

Cedric Taylor
Visiting Associate Professor
Environmental Justice
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Visiting Associate Professor Cedric Taylor is a sociologist and a documentary filmmaker. His scholarly and creative endeavors focus on racial health disparities, environmental justice and visual sociology. A former president of the Michigan Sociological Association, Dr. Taylor is a public sociologist who employs documentary film, visual media, and storytelling to engage the wider community in conversations around inequality. He is the director, and co-producer of Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint’s Water Crisis which has been screened throughout the country and internationally. Dr. Taylor holds the position of Associate Professor of Sociology at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He received a Ph.D. from Michigan State University and MS and BS degrees from the University of West Indies in Jamaica.

Publications

  • Taylor, C.A.L. and Sarathchandra, D. 2016. “Migrant Selectivity or Cultural Buffering? Investigating the Black Immigrant Health Advantage in Low Birth Weight.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. doi:10.1007/s10903-015-0194-0
  • Taylor, C.A.L. and Sarathchandra, D. 2014. “Socioeconomic Position and Low Birth Weight: Evaluating Multiple and Alternative Measures Across Race in Michigan.” Social Sciences. doi:10.3390/socsci3030549.
  • Waller, L. and Taylor, C.A.L. 2013. " A Case Study of Citizen-to-Government (C2G) Mobile Activism in Jamaica: Protesting Violations of the Rule of Law with Smartphones." in E-Government Implementation and Practice in Developing Countries, edited by Zaigham Mahmood. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Accolades

Documentary Films

Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint’s Water Crisis, 2018. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/noranydroptodrink

Education

PhD Michigan State University (Sociology) - 2011
MSc University of the West Indies (Sociology, International Development) - 2002
BSc: University of the West Indies (Sociology/Psychology double major, Honors) - 1999 

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Cedric Taylor
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November 27, 2023

4 Questions: Cedric Taylor

SEAS Visiting Associate Professor Cedric Taylor is a sociologist and documentary filmmaker who focuses on racial health disparities, environmental justice and visual sociology. He is the director and co-producer of “Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint’s Water Crisis.”

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New environmental justice hires
July 12, 2022

SEAS continues to grow the Environmental Justice program with new expertise, community organizers

The U-M School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) is growing its Environmental Justice (EJ) program with some exciting hires, bringing new expertise and courses...

Dr Brandy Brown and Dr Cedric Taylor
December 2, 2021

SEAS Hires Two Top Environmental Justice Experts

SEAS is pleased to welcome two new members to our faculty: environmental justice experts Dr. Brandy Brown and Dr. Cedric Taylor. Jonathan Overpeck, the Samuel A. Graham...

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