| Name: | John Edward Taylor |
| Title: | Visiting Professor of Law |
| Education: | J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001)
Ph.D., Religious Studies, Stanford University (1998)
M.A., Religious Studies, Stanford University (1991)
A.B., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1986)
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Currently visiting at the University of North Carolina School of Law, Professor John Taylor normally teaches and writes at the West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown, West Virginia. His current research deals with the intersections between the First Amendment and Education Law. He teaches Religion and the Constitution, Torts, Education Law, Criminal Procedure, Jurisprudence, and Professional Responsibility. In 2007, he co-organized a conference on "The Religion Clauses in the 21st Century" with Bill Marshall (UNC Law) and Vivian Hamilton (William & Mary Law). Before joining the faculty at WVU, Professor Taylor clerked for the Honorable M. Blane Michael on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Professor Taylor holds J.D. and A.B. degrees from the University of North Carolina and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Religious Studies from Stanford University. His doctoral dissertation was a comparative study of Kant's and Aquinas's accounts of emotion and virtuous action. Professor Taylor is teahing Torts in the fall of 2009, and will be spending a sabbatical semester at UNC in the spring of 2010.
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