Andre Taylor

Aug 27, 2024

Exciting Lineup of Guest Lecturers to Visit Dr. Matthew Booker’s History Classes

Students gain a wealth of knowledge from guest speakers. 

Jul 5, 2022

Public History Alum to Enter Doctoral Program at William and Mary

In the fall of 2022, Masters of Public History graduate Andre Taylor '20, will begin the doctoral program in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. 

Jul 30, 2020

Public History Students Spend Spring Break Working to Preserve a Culture That Could Soon Be Lost to Climate Change

They were brought to St Helena Island from West Africa as enslaved people to work the land and when they were finally freed, the Gullah Geechee bought the island. Now descendants of these former enslaved people, continue to live as their ancestors did – speaking the same Creole language and preserving their culture and traditions. But now their way of life is being threated by strengthening hurricanes, sea level rise and erosion caused by climate change. They risk losing their culture as the land disappears. 

Jul 6, 2020

Public History MA Alum, Andre Taylor ’20, Hired at William and Mary

Public History Alum, Andre Taylor '20, Hired as Oral Historian at The College of William & Mary 

Nov 13, 2019

Public History MA student, Andre Taylor launches podcast

Public History MA student, Andre Taylor, launches “Speaking Culturally” podcast. 

Jul 29, 2019

Recycle, Repurpose, Reuse: Turning Oral Histories into Short Films

Beyond the transcript, oral history interviews have a second life as primary sources for short films. 

May 9, 2019

Public History MA Student’s Documentary Accepted at Film Festival

The History Department is pleased to announce that Andre Taylor, a first-year Public History MA student, had his short documentary, “Burning Cradle of Liberty,” accepted at the 2019 Longleaf Film Festival.  On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the house of the radical group, MOVE, killing 11 people, including children, and leveling… 

Mar 19, 2018

Andre Taylor Named Global Change Fellow

Incoming Public History Masters student Andre Taylor has been named a Global Change Fellow for 2018-2019 by the Southeast Climate Science Center, operated by the Department of the Interior and NC State University. Taylor’s research explores West African agricultural traditions employed by contemporary Gullah farmers in South Carolina and Georgia, focusing on the effects of climate change on Gullah culture.