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About Yolander (Taylor) Youngblood

I am passionate about science, research and students. My research  involves a systematic, anatomical, genomic and ecological study of the leaves of Amaranthus plants and Coryphoid palms using epicuticular wax characters and other cellular details.
Recent Honors
Fellow with Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership. Leadership Project - CaRES (https://www.aamu.edu/casl-CaRES )
Chair of PVAMU's Textbook Affordability and Open Educational Resources Initiative. - (https://www.pvamu.edu/academicaffairs/oer/) see also PVAMU's LIB Guide (https://pvamu.libguides.com/oer).
Inspiring Black Scientist - Cell Mentor, a collaboration between Cell Press & Cell Signaling Technology, recently featured me as one of a "1000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America" https://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/1000-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america.

Positions

Present Asst. Professor, Prairie View A&M University ‐ Biology
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Honors and Awards

  • 2020 Outstanding Faculty Service Award - Prairie View A & M University
  • Fellow with Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership. Leadership Project - CaRES (www.aamu.edu/casl-CaRES )
  • Chair of PVAMU's Textbook Affordability and Open Educational Resources Initiative.

Courses

  • Botany

Education

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PhD, University of Florida ‐ Botany
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Links

ORCID

Open Educational Resources (OER) (1)

Recent Works (2)

PURSUE: Undergraduate Research Journal (1)

https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pursue/

Research Works (2)