- Assistant Teaching Professor of Honors
- Email: cynthia_taylor@uri.edu
- Office Location: Lippitt 300F
Biography
Cynthia Taylor is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Honors in the Department of Marine Affairs. Her research and teaching are informed by her combined training in anthropology, biology, and STEM education, and center on the social dimensions of scientific knowledge, public engagement with environmental issues, and inclusive science communication. She received her PhD through URI’s Science Education and Society Program in the Department of Biology in 2020, and currently teaches HPR 100: Welcome to Planet Honors.
Education
2020 Ph.D. Science Education and Society Program/Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island
2006 M.A. Biocultural Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson
2003 B.A. Anthropology and Spanish, University of Rhode Island
Selected Publications
Taylor, C, B.M. Dewsbury, and C Brame. 2022. The Educational Context: Digital Technologies as a Bridge and Barrier to Student Access and Inclusivity. In Technologies in Biomedical and Life Science Education: Approaches and Efficacy for Learning. Springer Publishing, NY.
Taylor, C and B.M. Dewsbury. 2019. Barriers to Inclusive Deliberation and Democratic Governance of Genetic Technologies at the Science-Policy Interface. Journal of Science Communication.
Taylor, C and B.M. Dewsbury. 2018. On the problem and promise of metaphor use in science communication. J Micro Bio Ed 19 (1).