Taylor, Cynthia, PhD

Associate Professor

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    American historian Cynthia Taylor earned her PhD at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, with a dissertation on civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph. She has been teaching in the Big History program at Dominican since it launched in 2010. With specific interest in topics ranging from liberation theologies and American religious history to Native American spirituality and feminist theory, Dr. Taylor applies her strong background in human history to our sweeping study of the universe.

    Contact Information

    Dominican University of California
    50 Acacia Ave.
    San Rafael, CA 94901

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    Education/Academic qualification

    American Religious History, PhD, Graduate Theological Union

    2003

    American History, MA, San Francisco State University

    1990

    American History, BA, San Francisco State University

    1988

    Research Interests

    • Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and the 1980s Sanctuary Movement
    • A. Philip Randolph and Religion
    • Teaching the Paleolithic Era in Big History
    • Pedagogical Issues in Teaching Big History
    • Five African American Women Activists of the 1940s March on Washington Movement
    • Native American History in California
    • Civil Rights Movement
    • Social Justice

    Disciplines

    • United States History