Joseph Taylor, Ph.D.

Dr. Joseph Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations in the College of Education. This year, Dr. Taylor serves as the Graduate School Faculty Fellow. His training in quantitative research methodology using mixed-methods approaches for qualitative and quantitative datasets. Dr. Taylor’s long-standing academic interests have focused on education in the STEM fields: he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics Education (California University of Pennsylvania), a M.Ed. in Mathematics Education (Ohio University), and a PhD in Science Education (Penn State). Before arriving at UCCS in 2018 as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Taylor worked at BSCS Science Learning here in Colorado Springs, an organization with a mission of transforming K-12 science education. 

He teaches intermediate and advanced quantitative research methods in Educational Leadership, Research, and Policy PhD Program for which he also serves as Graduate Program Director. He is a prolific author of peer-reviewed research manuscripts, having authored or co-authored 14 publications since 2024 alone.