M. Yvonne Taylor
Lecturer in Communication
M. Yvonne Taylor, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in Communication at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, teaching writing and other communication skills to MBA and undergraduate business students. Yvonne has an extensive career leading communication in higher education at Rice University, the Jones School, and UT Austin, as well as in industry in fields such as information technology and environmental science. In 2015, she helped launch Rice Business Wisdom, the Jones School’s online ideas magazine.
In 2023, Yvonne completed her doctorate in Education Leadership and Policy, with a certificate in Women and Gender Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation won a $20,000 award from the Hogg Foundation and was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and on KUT Austin.
She has published in peer-reviewed journals on public scholarship and on pedagogy, including a co-written book chapter on intercultural mentorship and teaching and learning in online environments. A public scholar, Yvonne’s writing has appeared in the Houston Chronicle and The Daily Beast. Through her consulting company, Equity Within, Yvonne helps organizations that are about the public good attend to their equity throughline—the alignment between their internal practices and equitable outcomes in products and services.
Interests:
- Writing
- Equity and Inclusion
- Equitable Design
- Storytelling in Business and Research
- Marketing Communications
- Women and Gender Studies
- Organizational Theory
- Media Relations and Public Scholarship
- Trauma-Informed and Responsive Organizations