Baishakhi Taylor Email & Phone Number

Middlebury, VT, US

United Arab Emirates

Middlebury, VT

• Created and since then directing an immersive civic engagement summer program in India for undergraduate students (N=38).
• Assess community needs, determine project feasibility, allocate resources; and administer program assessment.
• Collaborate with international community partners to provide appropriate placements for students.
• Conduct pre-departure group orientations and post experience briefings.
• Manage and oversee program logistic and finances.
• Facilitate weekly reflective session on transforming immersive experience into research.

Duke University

• In collaboration with local and international partners, implement innovative high impact vertically integrated educational programs including international internships; immersive civic engagement programs.
• Provide training on cross cultural intelligence to 85 staff and students participating in international programs.
• Oversee academic life of 800+ undergraduates.
• Direct the highly selective (14/206) peer advising program which includes recruitment, training, public programming,program assessment, and maintaining social media presence.
• Develop curricular and co-curricular policy and facilitate implementation with faculty.
• Support 45+ academic advisors for first and second year students.

• Managed a national resource center and a four-university consortium in the Triangle area.
• Worked with different stakeholders on campus and community to develop and create South Asia related research and programs.
• Developed and maintained the consortium website: www.nccsas.org.
• Managed and maintained budget of over $2million dollar.
• Managed pre and post award federal grants and budgets.
• Proposed, received, and managed federal awards facilitating new service learning programs for students, teachers, and faculty.

Duke University

• Conducted evaluation and assessment of feasibility and success of IGSP’s education and training initiatives.
• Disseminated evaluation results of services to students, faculty, and community.
• Developed marketing strategy to recruit students for the IGSP undergraduate certificate program.
• Oversaw implementation of education and training components of eight federal grants awarded to IGSP.
• Delivered STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) based outreach programs to K-12 schools.

Duke University

• Directed all aspects of multi-site research projects on behavioral interventions including management of federal grant for $500000, data collection, analysis, dissemination, and risk management for intervention.

Durham, NC

Managed all aspects of federally funded research projects including data collection, evaluation and analysis.

Duke University

• Managed all aspects of federally funded research projects including data collection, evaluation and assessment.
• Collaboratively implemented strategic initiatives to enhance the social climate for intellectual engagements.
• Provided emergency response and risk management for the undergraduate students (N=6400).

Institute For Education Management, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Academic Leadership

Phd, Sociology

Ma, Women'S Studies