Year of MA/PhD: 2nd year, PhD

Taylor began her college education in Tyler, Texas, first earning an Associate of Arts in business administration from Tyler Junior College, and then completing a Bachelor of Arts in marketing, with a minor study in graphic design at the University of Texas at Tyler. After graduating, she worked full-time for a year as a graphic designer for Sweet Potato Sky, LLC., an online content-creation company. She then decided to pursue a second bachelor's degree at Texas Tech University, in Spanish, with a minor study in French. In the summer of 2022, she graduated with a master's degree in Hispanic linguistics, followed by a second master's in applied linguistics in the summer of 2023, and she is now working towards a PhD in Hispanic linguistics.

Research interests; thesis topic/title:

Sociolinguistics, sociophonetics, linguistic ideologies

Academic Background (previous studies):

M.A., Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University, 2023

M.A., Hispanic Linguistics, Texas Tech University, 2022 

B.A., Spanish (minor study in French) (summa cum laude), Texas Tech University, 2021 

B.A., Marketing (minor study in Graphic Design) (summa cum laude), University of Texas at Tyler, 2017 

A.A., Business Administration, Tyler Junior College, 2015 

Email: taylor.d.clark@ttu.edu