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Taylor utilizes philosophy and philosophically informed mixed methods to investigate ethics and justice in educational policy and practice. Her research specializations encompass epistemic injustice, activism in higher education, philosophy of education, and equity and inclusion. Funded by the Spencer Foundation and the Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her work appears in leading journals including AERA Open, Teachers College Record, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, and Educational Theory. Key publications include the co-edited book Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion through Case-Based Inquiry (Harvard Education Press, 2021), which received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award in 2022; “Epistemic Carcerality and Resistance in Higher Education” (AERA Open, 2025, co-authored); “Personalized Learning with AI Tutors: Assessing and Advancing Epistemic Trustworthiness” (Educational Theory, 2025, co-authored); and “Seventy-Five Years of Educational Theory: Foundations and Futures” (Educational Theory, 2026). Previously Chair of the Philosophical Studies in Education SIG for the American Educational Research Association, she now serves as Editor of Educational Theory. Additional honors include the National Academy of Education/Spencer Research Development Award (2020).