orlando taylor to address afternoon commencement
Thu., May 28
Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and Professor of Communications, Howard University
Orlando L. Taylor is currently Vice Provost for Research, Dean of
the Graduate School, and Professor of Communications at Howard
University. He has held many other positions at Howard, including Dean
of its School of Communication and Interim Vice President for Academic
Affairs. [photo credit: Howard University]
Prior to joining the Howard faculty in 1973, Vice Provost Taylor was a
faculty member at Indiana University. He also has served as a Visiting
Professor at Stanford University, Adjunct Professor at the University
of Pittsburgh and Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Taylor is a national leader in graduate education and within his
discipline. He is currently or has served previously as a member of
numerous national boards, including the Board of Directors of the
Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), for which he served as Board Chair
in 2001. He is also a Past President of the Northeastern Association of
Graduate Schools and the National Communication Association. He is a
former member of the Advisory Committee of the Directorate for
Education and Human Resources of the National Science Foundation and of
the Advisory Council at the National Institutes of Health. He is also
the former president of the Consortium of Social Science Associations
and a current member of the Board of Trustees of the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the Oak Ridge Associated
Universities Board of Directors. He chairs the National Advisory Board
for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning,
a major NSF-funded center at the University of Wisconsin.
As Graduate Dean at Howard University since 1993, Vice Provost Taylor
has played a significant role in assuring Howard's continued national
leadership in graduate education. Howard, a richly diverse institution,
produces more African American on-campus Ph.D. recipients than any
research university in the United States. Vice Provost Taylor is a
leader in several national initiatives involving graduate education. He
has been a particularly vigorous advocate and spokesperson on topics
and issues relating to access and equity in higher education.
Vice Provost Taylor has raised several million dollars in research,
training and program development grants from federal and private
sources during his career at Howard University. Currently, he serves as
PI on major grants from the National Science Foundation to increase the
production of minority Ph.D. recipients in science, technology,
mathematics and engineering (STEM) and in the social, behavioral and
economic (SBE) sciences; as well as from the U.S. Department of
Education to develop collaborative academic and research programs
between universities in Brazil and in four European Union countries
with Howard University and several others in the United States. He is
the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books.
Vice Provost Taylor has earned honorary doctorates from Purdue
University, Indiana University, The Ohio State University, Hope College
and DePauw University. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
awarded him its highest award, Honors of the Association, and the
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan awarded him its
Distinguished Service Alumni Award.ward.
Dr. Taylor received his bachelor's degree from Hampton University,
master's degree from Indiana University, and Ph.D. degree from the
University of Michigan.
