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Dr. Sunni J Taylor

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction - Biology

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Aquatic Resources

Texas State University, 2012

Master's Degree

MS in Biology

Texas State University, 2008

Bachelor's Degree

BS in General Biology

Chemistry

Tarleton State University, 2006

Teaching Interests

  • 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.
  • Kaur, A., Taylor, S. J., Daniel, K. L., & Bucklin, C. J. (n.d.). Motivation and Science Identity Changes in Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Following a Science CURE.
  • 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.
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  • 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
  1. Other

    Student Teaching Faculty Coordinator - Life Science, Office of Educator Preparation

  2. Organizer

    Science Squad Day at San Marcos Public Library

  3. Member

    Curriculum Committee

  4. Volunteer

    San Marcos CISD

  5. Other

    TXST STEM Conference

  6. Officer

    Southwest Region of Association of Science Teacher Education

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