Faculty Profile for Dr. Sunni J Taylor

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Dr. Sunni J Taylor
Asst Professor of Instruction — Biology
SUPP 384
phone: (512) 245-2178
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Teaching Interests

 I am interested in the development and facilitation of courses that inspire and motivate students to then pass on their knowledge and enthusiasm for the natural world to future generations.

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Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Shaw, J. P., Taylor, S. J., Dobson, M. C., & Martin, N. H. (2017). Pollinator isolation in Louisiana iris: legitimacy and pollen transfer. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 18(4), 429–441.
  • Arnold, M. L., Brothers, A. N., Hamlin, Jennafer A. P., Taylor, S. J., & Martin, N. H. (2015). Divergence-with-Gene-Flow-What Humans and Other Mammals Got up to. RETICULATE EVOLUTION: SYMBIOGENESIS, LATERAL GENE TRANSFER, HYBRIDIZATION AND INFECTIOUS HEREDITY, 3, 255–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16345-1_10
  • Martin, N. H., & Taylor, S. J. (2013). Floral preference, flower constancy, and pollen transfer efficiency of the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) in mixed arrays of Iris nelsonii and Iris fulva. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 15(7), 783–792.
  • Taylor, S. J., Rojas, L. D., Ho, S., & Martin, N. H. (2013). Genomic collinearity and the genetic  architecture of floral differences between the homoploid hybrid species Iris nelsonii and one of its progenitors, Iris hexagona. Heredity, 110, 63–70.
  • Taylor, S. J., AuBuchon, K. J., & Martin, N. H. (2012). Identification of Floral Visitors of Iris nelsonii. SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 11(1), 141–144. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.011.0114

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi "Favorite Professors" Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi "Favorite Professors" Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2019

Selected Grants

  • Taylor, Sunni J. Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program Mini-Grant, Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program, Texas State University, $500. (Funded: June 2019 - July 2019). Grant.
  • Taylor, Sunni J. Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program Mini-Grant, Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program, Texas State University, $500.00. (Funded: June 2018 - July 2018). Grant.
  • Taylor, Sunni J. Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program Mini-Grant, Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program, Texas State University, $500.00. (Funded: January 2018 - May 2018). Grant.
  • Taylor, Sunni J. Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program Mini-Grant, Texas State University Service-Learning Excellence Program, Texas State University, $500.00. (Funded: October 2017 - December 2017). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Student Teaching Faculty Coordinator - Life Science
Student Teaching Faculty Coordinator - Life Science, Office of Educator Preparation
2024-Present
Organizer
Science Squad Day at San Marcos Public Library
2017-2025
Volunteer
San Marcos CISD
2017-Present
Poster Judge
TXST STEM Conference
March 28, 2025
Officer
Southwest Region of Association of Science Teacher Education
2021-2023