EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Communication Studies, 2009, University of South Florida

• ​M.A. in Speech Communication, 2003, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

Holle Endowed Chair of Communication Arts, College of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Alabama

 

Full Professor of Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication, Department of Communication Studies, University of Alabama​

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PROFESSIONAL/NATIONAL SERVICE

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Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (2022-24)

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Editor-Elect, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (2021)

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Chair, Ethnography Division, National Communication Association (2017-18)

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Member, NCA Research Council, National Communication Association (2017-2019)

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SELECT  PUBLICATIONS

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Books:

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Adams, T. E., Boylorn, R. M., & Tillmann, L. (2021). Advances in Autoethnogrphy and Narrative Inquiry: Reflections on the Legacy of Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner, Routledge.

 

Boylorn, R. M. & Orbe, M. P. (Eds.) (2021). Critical Autoethnography: Intersecting Cultural Identities in Everyday Life, Second Edition. Routledge.

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Cooper, B., Morris, S. M., & Boylorn, R. M. (2017). The Crunk Feminist Collection. The Feminist Press.

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Boylorn, R. M. (2017/2013).  Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience, Revised Edition. Peter Lang. (Originally published 2013)

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​Boylorn, R. M. & Orbe, M. P. (Eds.) (2014). Critical Autoethnography:  Intersecting Cultural Identities in Everyday Life. Left Coast Press.

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​Book Chapters:

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Boylorn, R. M. (2022). Intersectionality: Theoretical Lineages Toward Interpersonal Legacies. In D. O. Braithwaite & P. Schrodt (Eds.), Engaging Theories in Interpersonal Communication, 3rd Edition, Sage.

 

Boylorn, R. M. (2022). You Talk Like A White Girl: Blackgirl Identity and Interpersonal Interracial Realities. In S. Faulkner (Ed), Inside Relationships: Critical Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication, Routledge.

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Boylorn, R. M. (2020). Write. Reach. Repeat.: The Role and Rise of Public Intellectualism in Qualitative Research. In P. Leavy (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press.

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Boylorn, R. M. (2019). Meridional: Beyoncé’s Southern Roots and References. In V. Chambers (Ed.), Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles Carter, St.

Martin’s Press.

 

Adams, T.E., & Boylorn, R. M. (2019). Public Ethnography. In P. Leavy (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship, Oxford University Press.

 

The Crunk Feminist Collective. (2019). Self Care Is Crunk. In M. K. Gold & L. F. Klein (Eds.) Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

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Boylorn, R. M. (2019). "somebody/anybody, sing a black girl's song":  The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as Blackgirl Autoethnography, The Lauryn Hill Reader

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Boylorn, R. M. (2017). Unpacking (Un)privilege or Flesh Tones, Red Bones, and Sepia Shades of Brown. In P. Leavy’s (Ed), Privilege Through the Looking-Glass: A Text-Reader on Status
Characteristics in Daily Life, Sense Publishers.

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Boylorn, R. M., and Adams, T. E. (2016). Queer and Quare Autoethnography. In N.K. Denzin & M. D. Giardina's (Eds), Qualitative Inquiry Through A Critical Lens, Routledge.

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Boylorn, R. M. (2015). "Brains, Booty & All Bizness":  Identity Politics, Ratchet Respectability, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In R. Silverman's (Ed), The Fantasy of Reality:  Critical Essays on the Real Housewives, Peter Lang.

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