New MSU faculty member honored by national body
Contact: Paige Watson
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he American Association of Blacks in Higher Education is honoring a newly arrived College of Education faculty member at 幺力视频.
Leonard D. Taylor Jr., an assistant professor in the university鈥檚 educational leadership department, is receiving the organization鈥檚 2017 Dissertation of the Year Award.
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native, Taylor came to Starkville prior to the fall semester after receiving a doctorate from the University of Minnesota in organizational leadership and policy development. He also holds two degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His research is focused on how higher education administrators, faculty and staff members utilize data and promising practices to enhance student success and encourage more astute consumption of knowledge to help improve quality, quantity and diversity of U.S. graduates.
鈥淭his recognition is humbling and affirmative that I鈥檓 in the right place doing what I鈥檓 called to do,鈥 Taylor said.
With offices in Raleigh, North Carolina, AABHE works to advance the status of members at every higher education level. In addition to faculty, it provides administrators, practitioners and graduate students with continuing opportunities to collaborate and network, both nationally and internationally.聽
As part of the award, Taylor has been invited to share his research at the association鈥檚 national convention taking place in Raleigh March 23-25. 鈥淧athways to Success in Higher Education: Transforming Lives through Education, Equity and Social Justice鈥 is this year鈥檚 theme.
Taylor said the opportunity to share the results of his academic investigation should provide 鈥渧aluable exposure鈥 on a national level for him, the College of Education and MSU.
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