Role
Dr Taylor is a Lecturer in Sociology of Sport. She is the course leader for the first-year Sport, Culture, and Society module. She also supervises dissertation students on topics relating to media representation of female athletes and physical education in schools. She has published three peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter. She is currently working on a book manuscript about the history of women playing American football.
Career overview
Dr Taylor joined NTU in February 2022. She has extensive teaching experience at both further and higher education level. From 2005 until 2021 she taught at Peter Symonds College in Winchester as a teacher of A-Level Physical Education and BTEC Sport. While at Peter Symonds College she was Programme Leader of two degree programmes, having overseen their conversion from Foundation Degrees.
Dr Taylor is also a qualified American football coach and previously managed the Great Britain Men's Flag Football Team, supporting the team at three European Championships.
Research areas
Current research centres on sociological and historical issues in women's sport, specifically:
- Media representations of women's sport
- The history of women playing and coaching American football
- The experiences of minority ethnic women football spectators
Current PhD Supervision
- Marit Hiemstra - Communicating Consent in Guided Running (Co-Supervisor)
Dr Taylor is a member of the Sport and Society research group, part of the SHAPE research centre, researching in Sport and Exercise Science.
External activity
Media Engagements
Katie's research has been featured in various media outlets, including CGTN and the Washington Post. She has also contributed to the Football Supporters' Associations Fans for Diversity X Women's Game report.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Dr Taylor is the Vice Chair of the British Society of Sports History, and a member of the Women's Sport Collective.
Publications
- Leslie-Walker, A., Taylor, K. & Jones-Russell, E (2023). Inclusivity for who? An analysis of “race” and female fandom at the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championships. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. Advance online pubication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902231210769
- Taylor, K., Skillen, F. & Roberts, M. (2022). Public History and the British Society of Sports History: Opportunities and Challenges. Sport in History, 42(4), 526-547.
- Taylor, K. (2023). ‘“The first woman football coach…”: A Media Study of Female American Football Coaches, 1888-1946,’ Feminist Media Studies, 23(3), 1008-1023. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2027492.
- Antunovic, D., Taylor, K., Watt, M.,& Linden, A. (2021). “Getting Noticed, Respected, and Supported”: Mediated (In)visibilities of Women’s American Football in the United States. In A. Bowes and A. Culvin (Eds.) The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport: Issues and Debates. Emerald Publishing: Bingley.
- Taylor, K., Linden, A. & Antunovic, D. (2021). “From Beach Nymph to Gridiron Amazon”: Media Coverage of Women in American Football, 1934-1979. Communication & Sport, 9(3), 458-475.
- Taylor, K. (2020). “Here’s the Football Heroine”: Female American Football Players, 1890-1912. Sport in History, 40(4), 576-596.
Press expertise
Dr Taylor can speak to the following topics for media work: media representation of female athletes, female American football players, and female American football coaches.
She has been interviewed by China Global Television Network, and has been sought out as an expert for articles in The Athletic