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GTA - 2008 Capstone Seminar by Dr. Orlando Taylor (Howard University)
March 24, 2008 from 5:30-6:30 pm
| What | Graduate Student Diversity Open to the public CIRTL GTA Fellows Program Faculty Teaching STEM Assessment |
|---|---|
| When |
2008-03-24 17:30
2008-03-24 18:30
2008-03-24 from 17:30 to 18:30 |
| Where | 226 MSC |
| Contact Name | Michelle Simms |
| Contact Email | msimms@vprmail.tamu.edu |
| Contact Phone | 979-845-3631 |
| Attendees | Open |
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The final seminar of the 2007-2008 series will be "Preparing for Faculty Careers in New America: Challenges and Opportunities" presented by Dr. Orlando Taylor.
Dr. Taylor serves on the National Advisory Board for the NSF-funded Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) and as Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. In addition, he has been elected as the next president of The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA). Prior to his appointment as Dean at Howard University, he served the University as Executive Assistant to the President, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the School of Communications, and Chair of the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences. Before coming to Howard in 1973, Taylor was a member of the faculty of Indiana University. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Stanford University. Taylor is a former President of the National Communication Association, a member of COSSA, and Immediate Past President of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools. He is a former member of the Advisory Committee of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has served on an advisory council at the National Institutes of Health. Dean Taylor is currently principal investigator on grants from NSF, the Lilly Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Much of his work focuses on increasing the number of minority Ph.D. recipients. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.