Dr. Courtney Moore-Taylor, Adjunct Lecturer

Profile

Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College.  Dr. Taylor received her Bachelor (1999) and Master (2003) of Arts in History at North Carolina Central and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro respectively.  Her PhD, completed at the University of Florida (2010), centered on the Antebellum slavery experience of African American females.  Research projects include "Death in the Pot: The State versus Poll and Lavinia," "Sacrificial Lambs: Infanticide and Its Implications Concerning American Slavery," and most recently her dissertation, entitled Free In Thought, Fettered In Action: Enslaved Adolescent Females In The Slave South. 

 

This fall term marked the start of the second year Dr. Taylor has been with the program.  She currently teaches AFA 2000: Introduction to African American Studies where she is charged with the task of introducing students to the African American experience, both through theory and the historical record.  Aside from absolutely loving the subject matter that she teaches, Taylor states that the highlight of her job is interacting with the wonderful students enrolled in her courses.

Fall 2011 Classes

Introduction to African American Studies- Section 6024, Section 5460