Dr. Taylor Current Faculty Initiatives
Student Research: Amy Whiteley, WOU Geography, “Building a Web-Distributed GIS Database for Western Oregon University”
Recent Abstracts and Reports: Sediment Budgets for Mountainous Watersheds in the Appalachians, Geological Society of America; Controls on Debris Flow Hazards and Sediment Transport in the Central Appalachians, Report to NASA Earth System Science Program
Current Research: Reconnaissance Survey of Geomorphic Hazards in Western Oregon (with R. Swartzentruber, Funded by Murdock Trust)
Institutional Initiatives: LAS Program Coordinator for PT3 Project (Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology), Co-Developer of Natural Sciences Summer Institute (with Dutton, Myers, Poston), Faculty Facilitator for Developing a Campus-Wide GIS Infrastructure.
Recent Grants: OCEPT (NSF) Fellowship $5700.00, WOU Faculty Development Grant $3000.00, Murdock Trust $14,000.00