Jay Taylor
Assistant Teaching Professor,
NCIAS School of Social and Behavioral Sciences- Faculty and Staff
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Phone: 602-543-2880
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Mail code: 3051Campus: West
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Long Bio
Dr. Taylor studies how ethical life is shaped through perception and relation. Their work examines how care, kindness and compassion take form in encounters shaped by vulnerability, pain and environmental strain. They investigate how people learn to sense the presence, needs and histories of others, and how these forms of attention influence cultural memory and social belonging. Using phenomenology, philology and grounded theory, Dr. Taylor analyzes the sensory and interpretive practices through which ethical connection is made possible or denied. Their research traces how perceptual habits shape moral experience and how communities cultivate ways of relating that protect dignity and sustain life under pressure.
Education
- Ph.D. Arizona State University
ORCID Profile ID
Research Interests
Ethics
Civil Discourse
Kindness and Care
Race and Ethnicity
Courses
2026 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 593 | Applied Project |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| JHR 580 | Practicum |
| SOC 494 | Special Topics |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
| SOC 494 | Special Topics |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 110 | Elements Interpersonal Comm |
| ASB 346 | Marriage and Family Diversity |
| SOC 315 | Soc of Dating, Rels & Marriage |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 593 | Applied Project |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SBS 200 | Intro to Soc & Behavioral Sci |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
| SOC 483 | Sociological Theories |
| JHR 580 | Practicum |
| SOC 494 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 426 | Social Inequalities |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SBS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
| SOC 494 | Special Topics |
| SOC 101 | Introductory Sociology |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 110 | Elements Interpersonal Comm |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 310 | Relational Communication |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 506 | Humanistic Inq/Field Rsrch/Com |
| CMN 593 | Applied Project |
| JHR 525 | Action Research |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SOC 483 | Sociological Theories |
| JHR 580 | Practicum |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| COM 316 | Gender and Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 394 | Special Topics |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 110 | Elements Interpersonal Comm |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 310 | Relational Communication |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 506 | Humanistic Inq/Field Rsrch/Com |
| CMN 593 | Applied Project |
| COM 394 | Special Topics |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| CMN 599 | Thesis |
| CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| CMN 592 | Research |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 259 | Comm Bus & the Professions |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 432 | Forgiveness and Reconciliation |
| CMN 598 | Special Topics |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 110 | Elements Interpersonal Comm |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 310 | Relational Communication |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 593 | Applied Project |
| COM 230 | Small Group Communication |
| COM 394 | Special Topics |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| CMN 599 | Thesis |
| CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| CMN 592 | Research |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 498 | Pro-Seminar |
Professional Associations
American Sociological Association
Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists (ICNAP)