Kari Taylor
Kari Taylor
- Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2017
- Master of Science in College Student Personnel, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2006
- Bachelor of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2004
- Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2004
Kari Taylor brings a range of professional experience in academic advising and student support, cocurricular programs, student affairs assessment, and graduate education. Most recently, she served as program director of the University of Connecticut Higher Education and Student Affairs Program where she taught courses focused on fieldwork experience, introduction to student affairs, and college student development. She also plays an active role in ACPA-College Student Educators International.
- College student development
- Assessment of teaching and learning
- Achievement of liberal arts learning outcomes
- Fieldwork/Internship in Student Affairs Administration
- Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Collegiate Contexts
- Introduction to Student Affairs
- Student Learning and Development
- Assessment, Research, and Data-informed Decision-making
- Higher Education Leadership, Legal Issues, and Policy
- Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
- ACPA - College Student Educators International
- NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Selected Works
Presentations
Taylor, K. B. & Neville, K. (2023, April). Recognizing and dismantling inequity in organizational policies and practices. Presentation given at the NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
Taylor, K. B., McMahon, D., Baush, A., & Erickson, M. (2023, April). Cultivating mindfulness among aspiring and new student affairs professionals. Presentation given at the NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
Pérez II, D., & Taylor, K. B. (2022, June). “It’s a two-way cycle”: Exploring scholar-practitioners’ informal theories on student success. Presentation given at the 2022 NASPA Conference on Student Success in Higher Education, Baltimore, MD.
Taylor, K. B., Sprinkel, C., & Jackson, D. (2021, March). Assessing critical consciousness development among marginalized students. Poster presented at the ACPA College Student Educators International Annual Convention. [Virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic.]
Shalka, T., Duran, A., Travers, C., & Taylor, K. B. (2019, March). Navigating the writing and publishing process as a graduate student. Presentation given at the ACPA College Student Educators International Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Castillo-Montoya, M., & Taylor, K. B. (2018, November). Seeing the links between educational practices and learning in higher education: The benefits of multifaceted classroom observations. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
Hernández, E., & Taylor, K. B. (2018, March). Debunking 8 common myths about self-authorship. Presentation given at the ACPA College Student Educators International Annual Convention, Houston, TX.
Taylor, K. B. (2017, November). Contextualizing how undergraduate students develop toward critical consciousness: A focus on the complexities of peer interactions. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Taylor, K. B. (2017, March). Contextualizing how undergraduate students develop critical consciousness. Presentation given at The Ohio State University Hayes Research Forum, Columbus, OH.
Baker, A. R., & Taylor, K. B. (2016, November). Examining the role of discomfort in collegiate learning and development. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Columbus, OH.
Publications
Peer-review Journal Articles
Neville, K. M., & Taylor, K. B. (in press). Disrupting the status quo: Developing an equity-oriented educational leadership Ph.D. program. About Campus: Enriching the Student Learning Experience.
Castillo-Montoya, M., & Taylor, K. B. (2021). Researching complex collegiate learning: A critical and integrative approach to classroom observation. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2021.2003891
Taylor, K. B. (2021). Exploring the complexities of peer interactions in fostering development toward critical consciousness. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 14(1), 50-62.
Taylor, K. B., & Baker, A. R. (2019). Examining the role of discomfort in collegiate learning and development. Journal of College Student Development, 60(2), 173-188.
Taylor, K. B., Jones, S. R., Massey, R., Mickey, J., & Reynolds, D. J. (2018). “It just had to settle”: A longitudinal investigation of students’ developmental readiness to navigate dissonance and experience transformation through international service-learning. The Journal of Higher Education, 89(2), 236-260.
Taylor, K. B., Jones, S. R., Massey, R., Mickey, J., Reynolds, D. J., & Jackson, T. (2017). Examining developmental readiness in an international service-learning context. Journal of College Student Development, 58(5), 685-703.
Book Chapters
Taylor, K. B. (2023). Exploring how epistemologies guide the process of coding data and developing themes. In A. L. Terosky, V. L. Baker, & J. C. Sun (Eds.), A practical guide to teaching research methods in education: Lesson plans and advice from faculty (pp. 179-187). Taylor & Francis.
Taylor, K. B., & Reynolds, D. J. (2019). Dissonance. In E. S. Abes, S. R. Jones, & D-L. Stewart (Eds.), Rethinking college student development theory using critical frameworks (pp. 94-109). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Baxter Magolda, M. B., & Taylor, K. B. (2017). Holistic development. In J. H. Schuh, S. R. Jones, & V. Torres (Eds.), Student services: A handbook for the profession (6th ed., pp. 153-168). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Taylor, K. B. (2016). Diverse and critical perspectives on cognitive development theory. In E. S. Abes (Ed.), Critical perspectives on student development theory. New Directions for Student Services (no. 154, pp. 29-41). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
