Samuel M. Taylor, Ph.D.
Chairman and Curator, Department of Education,
California Academy of Sciences
Samuel McElroy Taylor has pursued an interdisciplinary career in
the natural sciences and museum interpretation. Dr. Taylor received
his Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of California,
Berkeley in 1986 and his M.A. from the Marine Science Institute,
University of California, Santa Barbara in 1978. Trained as a marine
biologist and a science educator, he applies this experience to communicate
science to the general public through museum exhibitions, educational
programs, scholarly publishing, television and interactive media. He is
currently Chairman and Curator of the education department at the
California Academy of Sciences. Prior to coming to the Academy, he was
Director of Exhibitions at the American Museum of Natural History from 1990
until 1996. He oversaw planning, development, and maintenance of
permanent and temporary exhibitions. He was awarded an NSF grant for over
$1 million for ³Global Warming² and another NSF grant for over $2
million for ³Biodiversity.² From 1986 to 1990, Taylor was Biology
Director at New York Hall of Science. From 1983 to 1986, Taylor was a
Program Specialist in the education department of the Carnegie Museum of
Natural History. Taylor is also editor of Curator: The Museum Journal,
a quarterly publication of the California Academy of Sciences.
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