Assistant Professor
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.
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About Cynthia Taylor
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.
| 2004 - Present | Assistant Professor, Dominican University of California ‐ Department of History | |
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Disciplines
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, and Social Justice
Courses
- Social Justice and Service Learning
- Global Feminisms
- Big History
- Liberation Theology
- California History
- American Religious History
- American History
| 2003 | Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union ‐ American Religious History | |
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| 1990 | M.A., San Francisco State University ‐ American History | |
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| 1988 | B.A., San Francisco State University ‐ American History | |
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Contact Information
Dominican University of California
50 Acacia Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
415.482.3584
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