Kathleen Taylor  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D. Union Graduate School, June 1991
  Transforming Learning: Experiences of Adult Development and Transformation of Re-Entry Learners in an Adult Degree Program

Awards:

• Fubright Scholar Grant, Greece - Hellenic Open Univ.; Hellenic Adult Ed. Assn; University of Patras (2013)
  Lecture on adult learning and development; conduct research on how socio-economic conditions affect Greek and US approaches to adult education
• Philip E Frandson Award for Literature - University Continuing Education Association (April 2001)
  for Developing Adult Learners--excellence in achievement in literature on the theory or practice of continuing (adult) higher education

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Consulting with the Brain in Mind. Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  Higher Education Consultants Assn.
  Professional development workshop
  (April 2012)
• Professional Development Day: Facilitating with the Brain in Mind. Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  Australian Institute of Company Directors. Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
  All-day professional development workshop
  (February 2012)
• Trainers' Roundtable Pre-Forum Institute. Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee (invited, primary presenter)
  International Association of Collaborative Professionals
  Professional development workshop
  (October 2011)
• Keynote Address: Teaching with the Brain in Mind. Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  2nd Int'. Conf. Fostering Learner-Centered Education and Life-long Learning
  in Manila, Philippines
  (September 2011)
• North American Perspectives on Transformative Learning Theory. Taylor, Kathleen (invited, panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  9th International Transformative Learning Conference (Greece)
  Opening Plenary Panel
  (May 2011)
• Adult Learning, Development, and the Brain. Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  College of Education Visitors from De La Salle University, Manila
  Workshop for visiting colleagues/doctoral students
  (March 2011)
• Prior Learning Assessment as Transformative Learning. Lamoreaux, Annalee and Taylor, Kathleen (invited, other-Innovative Experiential Session/Theory-Based Practices)
  8th International Transformative Learning Conference, Bermuda
  (November 2009)
• "New Directions in Adult Learning Theory". Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee (other-Symposium)
  "Beyond Andrgogy," the 50th Annual Adult Education Research Conference
  (May 2009)
• "Teaching with the Adult Brain in Mind". Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee
  Learning and the Brain, MIT, Cambridge, MA
  Other-Workshop
  (April 2008)
• "Experiential Learning, Change, and the Workplace". Taylor, Kathleen, McLaughlin, Barbara, Lamoreaux, Annalee and Stone, Don (other-Workshop)
  CAEL, San Francisco
  (November 2007)
• "Using Role-play (and Music, Poetry, and Drama) to Challenge Perspectives and Understand 'Difference'". Taylor, Kathleen and Bassett, Carol (other-Workshop)
  7th International Transformative Learning Conference, Albuquerque, NM
  (October 2007)
• "PLA: Fostering Change and Self-Directed Learning". Taylor, Kathleen, Lamoreaux, Annalee and Booth, Melanie (other-Workshop)
  CAEL, Boston, MA
  (November 2006)
• "Experience, Reflection, and Leadership Development". Taylor, Kathleen, Lamoreaux, Annalee and Kelly, Diana (other-workshop)
  International Consortium on Experiential Learning, Lancaster, U.K.
  (July 2006)
• "Prior Learning Assessment as Transformative Learning". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  Adult Higher Education Alliance, Boston, MA
  (October 2005)
• "Self-Reflective Writing, Developmental Transformation, and Life-Long Learning". Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee (talk, speech or lecture)
  Center for Research in Lifelong Learning, Stirling, Scotland
  (June 2005)
• "Reflection, Assessment, and Work-integrated Learning". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  New Zealand Association for Co-operative Education, Inc. Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
  (December 2004)
• "Making Choices, Making Meaning". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  NSEE/ICEL Joint Conference, Miami FL
  (September 2004)
• "Self-Reflective Writing, Recinstructive Learning, and Adult Development. Taylor, Kathleen, Lamoreaux, Annalee and Booth, Melanie (other-Workshop)
  AERC, Victoria, B.C.
  (May 2004)
• "Using the 'F' WordL A Framework for Facilitative Faculty Feedback". Taylor, Kathleen, Lamoreaux, Annalee and Booth, Melanie (other-Workshop)
  CAEL, San Diego
  (November 2003)
• "Beyond the Classroom: Transformative Learning to Transformative Living". Taylor, Kathleen, Dirx, John and Sawyer, Ms. (other-Workshop)
  Transformational Learning Conference, NY
  (October 2003)
• "Using the 'F' Word: A Framework for Facilitative Faculty Feedback". Taylor, Kathleen, Lamoreaux, Analee and Booth, Melanie (other-Workshop)
  WASC, Irvine, CA
  (April 2003)
• "A Conversation about Conversational Learning". Taylor, Kathleen (panel or forum member)
  CAEL, Washington D.Cl
  (November 2002)
• "Experiential Learning Assessment and Knowledge Construction". Taylor, Kathleen and , (talk, speech or lecture-Workshop)
  International Consortium on Experiential Learning, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  (July 2002)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen and Marienau, Catherine (talk, speech or lecture-Workshop)
  Adult Education Research Conference, Raleigh-Durham NC
  (May 2002)
• Developing Adult Learners. Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Resident Training
  Keynote address
  (February 2002)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Resident Training Conference, Long Beach, CA
  (February 2002)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  Powerful Learning and the Perry Scheme Conference, CSU Fullerton
  (January 2002)
• Developing Adult Learners. Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  Adult Secondary Education Council
  Keynote
  (October 2001)
• "Keynote Address". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Adult Secondary Education Council, Manitoba Canada
  (October 2001)
• "Professional Weekend Workshop". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  University of Manitoba, Adult and Continuing Education Certificate Program
  (October 2001)
• "Keynote Address". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Vermont College of Norwich University Spring Colloquium, Montpelier, VT
  (April 2001)
• "Developing Adult Lerners". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Seminar)
  Faculty Development Seminar, Christchurch College of Education, Auckland, New Zealand
  (December 2000)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  International Council on Experiential Education, Auckland, New Zealand
  (December 2000)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Providence, RO
  (December 2000)
• "Panelist Presenter". Taylor, Kathleen (panel or forum member)
  Transformational Learning Conference, NY
  (October 2000)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen, Marienau, Catherine and Fiddler, Morris (other-Workshop)
  Alliance/ACE Conference, Chicago
  (October 2000)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Millenium Conference, Institute for Cultural Affairs, Denver, CO
  (July 2000)
• "Developing Adult Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Educational Innovation in Economics and Business, Newport Beach
  (June 2000)
• "Panelist and Symposium Collaborator and Presenter". Taylor, Kathleen, Caffarella, Rosemary, Merriam, Sharan, Tizdell, Elizabeth, Guido-DiBrito, Flo and Rossiter, Marsha (talk, speech or lecture, panel or forum member, panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  American Educational Research Conference, Vancouver, B.C.
  (June 2000)
• "Diversity and Learning: A Research Agenda". Taylor, Kathleen (panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  American Association for Higher Education, Anaheim
  (March 2000)
• "Mentoring with Development in Mind" Faculty Development Workshop". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  Walden University Summer Institute, Bloomington Indiana
  (July 1999)
• "Developing Adult Learners: Strategies for Deep Learning". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Pennsylvania Adult and Copntinuing Education Research Conference
  (March 1999)
• "Professional Portfolio Construction: Principles and Practices" Visiting Professional Seminar. Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  Deakin University, Geelong Campus, Australia
  (November 1998)
• "Prior Learning Recognition and Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Australian Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Fremantle, Australia
  (November 1998)
• "Technology Mediated Distance Learning nd Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (invited, other-Workshop)
  Association of New American Colleges, Washington DC
  (November 1998)
• "Transforming Adult Learners: Constructive-Development Theory and Tertiary Education". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Personal Construct Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia
  (July 1998)
• "Global Education and Cognitive Complexity". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  Vermont College of Norwich University Spring Colloquium. Montpelier
  (April 1998)
• "Developing Adult Learners: Strategies for Teachers and Trainers - A Work in Progress". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  First Annual Conference on Transformative Learning, Columbia University, New York
  (April 1998)
• "Can We Promote Student Development On-line?". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter)
  National Conference on Creating a Nation of Lifelong Learners, Washington DC
  (November 1997)
• "Leadership, Cognitive Complexity, and Gender". Taylor, Kathleen and Proehl, Rebecca (other-Workshop)
  Berkeley Institute on Transformational Learning
  (July 1997)
• "Technology-Mediated Education and Its Role in Adult Student Development: Can We Combine 'Hi-Tech' and 'Hi-Touch'?. Taylor, Kathleen and Hodgsar, Tom (other-Workshop)
  Sixth Annual Conference of the Institute for the Study of Postsecondary Pedagogy, Lake Mohunk, NY
  (November 1996)
• "Constructive Developmental Theory As a Framework for Assessment in Higher Education". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Eighth International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, Brisbane, Australia
  (July 1996)
• "Creating Learning Environments to Support Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  CAEL, Chicago
  (November 1995)
• "Thinking and Transformation: Models of Support for Emerging Critical Thinkers". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma CA
  July-August 1995
  (July 1995)
• "Listening to the Self: Critical Hearing and Critical Thinking". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  International Experiential Learning Conference, Washington DC
  (November 1994)
• "Teaching for Development: Analysis of the Learning Environment". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Reconciling Gender Differences in Higher Education, Burlington VA
  (October 1994)
• "Making Sense of Meaning-Making: Kegan's Theory of Development" Invited pre-conference workshop. Taylor, Kathleen (invited, other-Pre-conference Workshop)
  ACE/Alliance Conference, San Francisco
  (October 1994)
• "Teaching Adult Development to Developing Adults". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Quality in Off-Campus Credit Programs, Orlando FL
  (October 1994)
• "Story as Bridge: The Link Between Personal Narrative and Critical Thinking". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma, CA
  July-August 1994
  (July 1994)
• "Perception, Process, and Paradigm: Student Self-Assessment and Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  National University Research Institute Lifelong Learning Conference, San Diego
  (February 1994)
• "Perceptions, Processes, and Paradigms: Gender and Ways of Knowing". Taylor, Kathleen (invited, other-Workshop)
  Nova University Summer Institute, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  (August 1993)
• "Student Self-Assessment and Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Fifth International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, Bonn, Germany
  (July 1993)
• "Shift Happens: Education for Women's Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  National Association of Women in Education, Seattle, WA
  (March 1993)
• "Women and Education". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  Guest Lecturer, CA State University at Hayward, Political Science Department
  (February 1993)
• "Women's Re-Entry Experiences: Negotiating Roles, Identities, and Institutions". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Mills College/AAUW Conference, Oakland, CA
  (October 1992)
• "Women, Adult Learning and Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  National University Continuing Education Association, 77th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
  (April 1992)
• "Adult Development and Re-Entry 'Women". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  5th International Conference on Women in Higher Education, San Diego, CA
  (January 1992)
• "Education and Women's Adult Development". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  ACE/Alliance Conference, Mobile, AL
  (October 1991)
• "Dropping Back In: An Interactive Workshop on Women's Development and Higher Education". Taylor, Kathleen (other-Workshop)
  Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association, Irvine, CA
  (April 1991)
• "Self-Assessment, Discovery of Self, and Self-Development in the Adult Learner". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, Olympia, WA
  (July 1990)
• "Self-Assessment, Reflections on the Past Which Help Set Future Directions". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  ACE/Alliance Conference, Tampa FL
  (October 1989)
• "Innovation in Higher Education". Taylor, Kathleen (invited, other-Seminar)
  Union Graduate School Seminar on Innovation and Change, Murietta Hot Springs, CA
  (September 1989)
• "Self-Assessment for Nontraditional Learners". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  American Association for Higher Education National Conference, Chicago
  (April 1989)
• "Feminist Principles in Alternative Higher Education: Women's Empowerment Through Self-Assessment". Taylor, Kathleen (panel or forum member)
  National Women's Studies Association Conference, Minneapolis
  (July 1988)
• "UECU and the Re-Entry Adult Learner". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  Council for Private Postsecondary Education Institutions, CA State Department of Education, Sacramento, CA
  (July 1986)
• "Food Additives: the Chemicals We Eat". Taylor, Kathleen (talk, speech or lecture)
  Optimal Health Lecture Series, San Diego State University
  Summer 1978
  (July 1978)
• "Why Hunger?". Taylor, Kathleen (primary presenter, panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader, other-Workshop)
  Conference on World Hunger, Santa Rosa, CA
  (April 1978)

professional development workshop

• Mentoring with the Adult Brain in Mind. Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee (invited)
  Center to Advance Education for Adults, DePaul University
  Professional Development Workshop
  (December 12, 2012)

Publications:

• Taylor, Kathleen and Elias, Dean. 2011. Transforming Learning and Leading, Proceedings of the 9th International Tranformative Learning Conference
• Taylor, Kathleen & Elias, Dean. (2011). Transformative Learning: A Developmental Perspective. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
• Smith, M Cecil and Taylor, Kathleen. 2010. Adult Development, Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education, vol. 2010 Edition, eds. and Kasworm, Carol E. and Rose, Amy D. and Ross-Gordon, Jovita M., AAACE/Sage
• Lamoreaux, Annalee and Taylor, Kathleen. 2009. Access and Innovation: A Degree Program for Professional Dancers in Transition, Adult Learning Quarterly, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
• Taylor, Kathleen and Marienau, Catherine. 2008. "Effective approaches to fostering developmental growth in women learners: A view from neurophysiology", In J. Allen (Ed.), Most Women are Students: Implications for College Faculty and Policymakers., ed. Allen, J., Stylus
• Taylor, Kathleen. 2008. "Brain Function and the Mentor's Role", All About Mentoring, vol. 33, issue Winter
• Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee. 2008. “Teaching with the Brain in Mind.”, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, issue No. 119, Jossey-Bass
• Lamoreaus, Annalee and Taylor, Kathleen. 2008. A Degree for Professional Dancers in Transition, Adult Learning, vol. 19, issue 1 & 2, pg.21
• Taylor, Kathleen and Allen, Jeanie. 2006. The Senior Year Transition: Women College Undergraduates Search for a Path, Journal of College Student Development, vol. 47, issue 6
• Taylor, Kathleen and Johnson, Sandra. 2006. The Neuroscience of Adult Learning, New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education, issue No. 110, eds. Johnson, Sandra &Taylor, Kathleen, Jossey-Bass
• Taylor, Kathleen and Lamoreaux, Annalee. 2006. Prior Learning Assessment as Transformative Learning, All About Mentoring, vol. 31, issue Summer
• Taylor, Kathleen. 2006. Autonomy and Self-directed Learning: A Developmental Journey, Handbook of Adult Development and Learning, ed. Hoare, Carol, Oxford University Press
• Taylor, Kathleen, Marienau, Catherine and Fiddler, Morris. 2000. Developing Adult Learners: Strategies for Teachers and Trainers, Jossey-Bass
• Taylor, Kathleen. 2000. Teaching with Development in Mind, Transformative Adult Learning, ed. Mezirow, Jack, Jossey-Bass
• Taylor, Kathleen. 2000. "Development as Separation and Connection: Finding a Balance", NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION, An Update on Adult Developmental Theory, vol. 84, issue Spring, eds. and Caffarella, Rosemary and Clark, Carolyn, Jossey-Bass
• Taylor, Kathleen. September 1997. "Book Review of MEGA-UNIVERSITIES AND KNOWLEDGE MEDIA: TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR HIGHER EDUCAITON" by John S. Daniels (London: Kogan Page), OLS-News, vol. 61, pg.19
• Taylor, Kathleen and Proehl, Rebecca. 1997. "Leadership, Cognitive Complexity, and Gender", A Leadership Journal: Women in Leadership, vol. 1, issue 2, pg.39-48
• Taylor, Kathleen and Maruenay, Catherine. 1997. "Constructive Development Theory as a Framework for Assessment in Higher Education, British Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 22 (2), pg.233-243
• Taylor, Kathleen. 1996. "Why Psychological Models of Development are Important to Adult Educators: A Response", Adult Education Quarterly, vol. 46, issue 4, pg.54-62
• Taylor, Kathleen. October 1995. "Teaching Adult Development to Developing Adults", Research and Reflection, vol. 1, issue 2, pg.e-journal of Gonzage University
• Taylor, Kathleen. May 1995. "A Modified One-Minute Assessment", TQM in Higher Education, vol. 4, issue No. 5, pg.3-5
• Taylor, Kathleen. 1995. "Bridges Toward Growth: Adult Leearning and Kegan's Model of Development" Part I and Part II, Alliance Newsletter, vol. Winter 1995/Spring 1996, pg..
• Taylor, Kathleen and Marienau, Catherine. 1995. Learning Environments for Women's Adult Development: Bridges Toward Growth, NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION, vol. 65, Jossey-Bass
• Taylor, Kathleen. 1994. Book Review of IN OVER OUR HEADS: THE MENTAL DEMANDS OF MODERN LIFE, by Robert Kegan, CAEL Forum and News, issue Fall, pg..
• Taylor, Kathleen. 1994. "Teaching to Support Women's Adult Development", NEA Higher Education Journal: Thought & Action, vol. X, issue 1 (Spring), pg.57-72
• Taylor, Kathleen. 1993. "Eggs, Figs, and Prior Experiential Learning", Journal of Contemporary Education, vol. Spring, pg..
• Taylor, Kathleen and Marienau, Catherine. 1993. "Self Assessment: A Source for Individual and Organizational Learning", Jouirnal of Contemporary Education, vol. Spring, pg..
• Taylor, Kathleen. 1987. "Undergraduate Studies Program at UECU: A Non-traditional Approacy", International Newsletter of Independent Study, vol. 9, pg..
• Taylor, Kathleen. March 1986. State of California Department of Education Report 85-35 "Oversight of Out-of-Stateccredited Institutions Operating in California"
• Taylor, Kathleen and Arkel, R.D., D'Ann. 1976. Nutrition Survival Kit, Panjandrum Press

Performances:

Food and Drug Administration Federal Trade Commission Regional Conference Proceedings, Federal Register

• A Plan for Nutritional Labeling. (1979)
  National hearings on nutrition and food safety.