About

Dr. Kishana Taylor is a virologist, president, and co-founder of the Black Microbiologists Association (BMA), co-founder of Black In Microbiology (BIM) Week, and an incoming assistant professor at Towson University in the Department of Biological Sciences. 

Dr. Taylor is passionate about improving the outlook for scientists from historically excluded groups through tangible solutions to removing systemic barriers in all but, especially academic spaces. She works to promote equity in STEM centers racial justice and the facilitation of better environments for trainees (students and postdocs). Her work with BIM and BMA has garnered national recognition via the New York Times, and the American Society Microbiology via The William A. Hinton Award. In addition to her work with BMA, she has also served on the DEI committee and as a councilor for trainees for the American Society for Virology (ASV).

Dr. Taylor earned a B.S. in Animal Science and an M.S. in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases before earning her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences from The University of Georgia.