Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Concentration in Inorganic Chemistry
• B.S. in Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University

Research/Teaching Interests

• Serving as the College of Natural and Health Sciences Director of Digital Communications and Technology Liason
• Teaching duties include assessment coordinator for General Chemistry and Inorganic Instructor
• ACS student affiliate mentor.
• Research Background in Metallic/Silica sol-gel interactions/surface chemistry
• Current research interest in pedagogical innovation and development on best practices for LMS scaffolding based on process education.

Select Publications/Presentations

• Taylor, Colleen. Hall of Innovation Presentation- Process Education Conference. "A Twelve-Week 'Restart' Cohort: Addressing the Foundational Subject-Matter Gap in General Chemistry" June 9, 2023.
• Taylor, Colleen; White, Robert and Talley Cheryl –Process Education Conference Plenary "Learning Versus Doing: Post COVID Interventions to Address Student Self-Efficacy" May 26, 2022.
• Taylor, Colleen. “A Multi-year Evaluation of the Flipped Format in a General Chemistry Course.” International Journal of Process Education (June 2015, Volume 7 Issue 1)
• C. M. Taylor, S. P. Watton, A. M. Flurrie and J. J. Rickets. “Speciation of Ternary Cobalt(II) Phenanthroline-Silica Surface Complexes as a Function of pH and Ligand Steric Bulk” Inorganic Chemistry, 2003; 42(23), 7381-7386.
• C. M. Taylor, S. P. Watton, P. A. Bryngelson, M. J. Maroney. “Inner-Sphere Complexation of Cobalt(II) 2,9-Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ([Co(neo)]2+) with Commercial and Sol-Gel Derived Silica Gel Surfaces” Inorganic Chemistry, 2003, 42(2); 312-320.
• S. P. Watton, C. M. Taylor, G. M. Kloster and Stephanie C. Bowman. “Metal Complexes in Sol-Gel Silicates” Progress in Inorganic Chemistry, 2002, 51, 333-420.
• G. M. Kloster, C. M. Taylor and S. P. Watton. “The Effects of Multiple Covalent Attachments on Immobilized Iron(II)-Phenanthroline Complexes in Silica Sol-Gels” Inorganic Chemistry, 1999, 38 (18), 3954-3955.