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Dr. Nicole Taylor

  • Professor - Anthropology
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Biography and expertise

I received my PhD in anthropology from the University of Arizona. Following graduate school, I worked in nonprofit and corporate settings conducting research in the areas of substance abuse, education and poverty, childhood obesity, and school climate. I then served for five years as the Director of Scholar Programs at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico before returning to Texas State University, my undergraduate alma mater, to accept a faculty position.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Anthropology

University of Arizona, 2006

Master's Degree

MA in English

Texas A&M University, 2000

Bachelor's Degree

BA in English

Texas State University, 1995

Research Interests

  • Taylor, Nicole (Principal), Minifie, Jana (Co-Principal). Interactive Technology for Social Media Use Awareness and Intervention, National Science Foundation, Federal, $50000. (Funded: April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022). Grant.
  • Spradley, Martha K (Principal), Taylor, Nicole (Co-Principal). Migrant Death Practices: Understanding Institutional Decision-making in the Treatment of Unidentified Human Remains, Texas State University, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: 2021 - 2022). Grant.
  • Taylor, Nicole (Principal). EAGER: Ethical and Methodological Challenges in Social Media Research, National Science Foundation, EAGER Grant, Texas State University, Federal, $29851. (Funded: September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2019). Grant.
  • Taylor, Nicole (Principal). Support for Research Team Seminars, National Science Foundation, Senior Research Program, School for Advanced Research, Federal, $136424. (Funded: 2016). Grant.
  • Taylor, Nicole (Principal). Mellon Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Underrepresented Minority Scholars, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, School for Advanced Research, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $350000. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
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  • VandenBroek, A. K., & Taylor, N. (Eds.). (2026). Kits for Digital Methods: Doing Sociotechnical Research. Routledge.
  • VandenBroek, A. K., & Taylor, N. (2026). The Kits for Digital Methods Kit: Introduction. In Kits for Digital Methods: Doing Sociotechnical Research (pp. 1–14). Routledge.
  • VandenBroek, A. K., & Taylor, N. (2026). The Kits for Digital Methods Kit: Conclusion. In Kits for Digital Methods: Doing Sociotechnical Research (pp. 309–312). Routledge.
  • Taylor, N., & Nichter, M. (2024). “I Love My Body, but Hers is Better!” Body Positivity and Social Media among College Women. Emerging Adulthood, 13(2), 308–321.
  • Taylor, N., & VandenBroek, A. K. (2024). Penciling: An Anonymization Method for Social Media Images. Field Methods, 37(2), 172–178. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X241259941
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society. April 12, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Literary Award, 1st Place in Societal Issues, Reader Views. April 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Reviewers' Choice Best Non-fiction Book of the Year, Reader Views. April 2017
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Finalist, New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, Anthropology/Archaeology category, New Mexico Book Co-op. November 2016
  1. Chair

    Workload Committee

  2. Graduate Advisor

    PhD Program Coordinator

  3. Chair

    Outstanding PhD Student Award

  4. Member

    Graduate Council

  5. Co-Chair

    CASTAC (Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology and Computing), American Anthropological Association

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    American Anthropologist

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