Dr. Joseph McGlynn

Personal Bio

Dr. Joseph McGlynn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Texas, where he has taught since 2016. He earned his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from The University of Texas at Austin in 2014, and his M.A. in Communication Studies from the University of North Texas. His research addresses how people make sense of risks in high-stakes contexts, pursued across two research areas: sport communication and health risks, and whistleblowing and risk communication, with a focus on improving health communication efforts by identifying influential factors that affect risk perceptions and risk judgments.

Dr. McGlynn’s work has appeared in Health Communication, Communication & Sport, International Journal of Sport Communication, Journal of Business Ethics, and the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, among others, as well as in edited volumes with Routledge, Bloomsbury, and Palgrave. He serves as Treasurer of the International Association for Communication and Sport, and as Chair of the Communication and Sport Division of the National Communication Association. In 2023, he received the University Distinguished Teaching Professor designation from UNT.

Representative Publications:

McGlynn, J., Bell, T. R., & Milford, M. (2026). “Just be the parent”: Problematic parent behavior from the perspective of fee-based youth sport coaches. Sport in Society, 29(4), 868–885. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2025.2537646

McGlynn, J., & Cassilo, D. (2025). “I’m worried they will come back to haunt me”: Examining how retired NFL players make sense of concussion risks. Communication & Sport, 13(1), 33–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795231203366

McGlynn, J., Richardson, B. K., & Tran, J. T. (2025). “In the grip of King Kong”: Making sense of whistleblower retaliation experiences through metaphor. Journal of Business Ethics, 202(4), 691–705. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-05987-x

Curriculum Vitae

Joseph McGlynn CV (PDF)