Melissa Taylor Data-verified

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Associate Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

10 h-index 45 pubs 253 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Melissa Taylor's research focuses on improving healthcare delivery and health professional education. Her work has explored factors contributing to adherence to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) guidelines, investigating interdisciplinary staff perspectives and mapping modifiable factors to theoretical frameworks. Taylor has also examined health literacy and dementia knowledge among future health professionals, as well as the utility of digital health modalities.

Her research extends to the evaluation of digital tools for supporting recovery from substance use disorder, focusing on accuracy, engagement, and the realization, analysis, and engagement (RAE) framework. Taylor has also investigated cooperative behavior in healthcare, including the impact of interprofessional practice models on health service inequity and peer group clinical supervision for community health nurses. Her work has been supported by significant federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including awards totaling over $947,000 for projects related to river ecosystem stability, equine dairying, and primate hyoid bone function.

Taylor collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Valerie H. Hunt, Brinck Kerr, and Larra Rucker, with whom she shares multiple publications. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 10, with 45 total publications and 240 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 45
  • Citations: 253

Selected Publications

  • Intersectional Representation Among Employees in U.S. School Districts (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Ethnic/Racial Representation in Leadership Positions in US School Districts, 2002–2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity? (2025)
  • Women’s Representation in Employment Categories in U.S. School Districts, 2002 to 2014: Are School Districts Achieving Parity? (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 4 $947,126 total

NSF Co-PI Oct 2025 - Sep 2026

SCC-CIVIC-FA Track A: Dynamic Modeling of River Ecosystem Stability

S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun $700,000
NSF PI Jun 2025 - May 2029

Collaborative Research: Tracing the Rise of Equine Dairying

Archaeology $139,516

Collaboration Network

71 Collaborators 19 Institutions 3 Countries

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