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Taylor, Cedric

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Biography

Cedric Taylor is a Jamaican-born filmmaker and holds the position of Professor of Sociology. His teaching and research focus on race, racial health disparities, immigrant health, environmental justice, and visual sociology. Dr. Taylor is a public sociologist who employs film, visual media, and storytelling to engage the broader community in conversations around racism and social and environmental justice. He is the writer, director, and co-producer of the documentary film Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint's Water Crisis which has been screened throughout the country and internationally. He enjoys connecting with the public through public speaking and workshops.

Taylor was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan - School of Environment and Sustainability (December 2021-2023).

More about Cedric Taylor

A Benton Harbor Story (2026).

Taylor, Cedric A. L. 2024. "Framing the Climate Crisis: A Sociological Lens through Documentary Film." Pp. in Resolving the Climate Crisis: US Social Scientists Speak Out, edited by K. Haltinner and D. Sarathchandra. New York: Routledge.

Sarathchandra, Dilshani, and Cedric A. L. Taylor. 2024. "Perceived Risk, Health Protective Behavior, and Trust: A Case Study of the Flint Water Crisis." Environmental Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2024.2408703.

Taylor, C. 2023. Documentary Film and the Flint Water Crisis: Incorporating the Sociological Imagination. Journal of Film and Video 75(3), 53-66. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/913355.

"Nor Any Drop to Drink: Flint's Water Crisis". 2018 documentary.  

Taylor, Cedric A.L.; Sarathchandra, Dilshani. 2015. "Migrant Selectivity?: Investigating the Black Immigrant Health Advantage in Low Birth Weight" J Immigr Minor Health.

Taylor, Cedric A.L.; Sarathchandra, Dilshani. 2014. "Socioeconomic Position and Low Birth Weight: Evaluating Multiple and Alternative Measures Across Race in Michigan." Soc. Sci. 3, no. 3: 549-564.

Taylor, Cedric A.L. 2010. "Associations Between Measures of SES and Low Birth Weight Among Black and White Mothers in Michigan" Michigan Sociological Review Vol. 24: 56-73 Fall.

Lloyd Waller and Cedric Taylor. 2012. "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.

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011

M.Sc., University of the West Indies, 2002

B.Sc., University of the West Indies, 1999

  • Race
  • Racial Health Disparities
  • Immigrant Health
  • Environmental Justice
  • Visual Sociology
President, Michigan Sociological Association  (2019-2020)

Courses Taught

SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology: Unveiling Social Life and Change

SOC 302 Social Inequality

SOC 323 Racism and Inequality

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