Lakelyn Taylor

Lakelyn E. Taylor (PhD, 2023, University of Central Florida, she/her/ella) is a postdoctoral associate in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. She is working as a communication social scientist expert on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant-funded, interdisciplinary project that analyzes how local communities receive, share, and perceive flood warning information. Her primary research interests focus on risk and crisis communication, specifically related to natural disasters. She aims to use mixed methods to understand natural disaster communication in the contexts of religion, instruction, and ethics. Taylor has led research concerning the effectiveness of hurricane warning messages as well as how religious perspectives impact perceptions of natural disasters. She also conducts research in critical religious communication. She has published work in the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, Electronic News, and the Journal of Communication & Religion and has written book chapters about feminist methodology, the experiences of women educators during COVID-19, and taking a holistic approach to divine-human communication. Her ultimate goal is to incorporate alternative ways of knowing into the field of communication.

Outside of her academic life, Taylor enjoys taking on new challenges and experiences. She likes reading and writing fiction, going on adventures, watching and playing soccer, and crossing off items on her yearly bucket lists.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7683-180X