Orlando Taylor

President, Washington, D.C. Campus - The Chicago School

Prior to becoming the President of The Chicago School's Washington, D.C. Campus, Orlando Taylor was Dean of the Howard University Graduate School and Vice Provost of Research. In addition to serving as Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Dean, Taylor also held a faculty position at Howard as Professor in the School of Communications. Dr. Taylor was also previously President of The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA). He is a member of the Board of the U.S. Department of Education’s Jacob Javits Fellowship Program. Prior to his appointment as Dean, he served in several posts at Howard, including as Executive Assistant to the President, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the School of Communications, and Chair of the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences. Before coming to Howard in 1973, Taylor was a member of the faculty of Indiana University. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Stanford University. Taylor is a former President of the National Communication Association, a member of COSSA, and Immediate Past President of the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools. He is a former member of the Advisory Committee of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has served on an advisory council at the National Institutes of Health. Dean Taylor is currently principal investigator on grants from NSF, the Lilly Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Much of his work focuses on increasing the number of minority Ph.D. recipients. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.