Curriculum Vitae
Taylor Elyse Mills
East Lansing, Michigan | millsta1@msu.edu | @wanderlustelyse | unrh.org
EDUCATION
- Michigan State University, 2018-present
- Pursuing a dual degree: JD & PhD in Philosophy
- Pursing a Digital Humanities Certificate
- Hope College, 2013-2017
- Bachelor of Arts in Composite: Moral Philosophy & Psychology
- Spanish Minor
- Summa Cum Laude
- Semester Abroad in Granada, Spain (IES Abroad), Spring 2016
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy-Michigan State University, 2018-present
- Andrew C. Mellon Scholars Post-Baccalaureate Fellow, Hope College, 2017-2018
- Community Coordinator, Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates, 2017-2018
- Teaching Assistant for Mellon Scholars Program Seminar, Hope College, 2016-2017
- Teaching Assistant for Philosophy First-Year Seminar, Hope College, 2014-2015
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
- Chair and Co-Founder of the Undergraduate Network for Research in the Humanities, 2015-present
- Steering Committee Member of ILiADS, ILiADS at Occidental College, Summer 2018
- Undergraduate Cohort Co-Facillitator for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), University of Victoria, Summer 2018
- Summer Internship, Vermont Humanities Council, 2016
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Continental Philosophy, Ethics, Aesthetics, Moral Psychology, Feminist Theory, Philosophy of Race, Law-Immigration Reform, Interdisciplinary Studies, Digital Humanities
LANGUAGES
- Spanish
- 7 years of academic experience
- speak, read, and write at an advanced level
- Semester abroad in Granada, Spain
- Bilingual presentation at DH2018 (see “Presentations & Conferences”)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Emerging Scholars Travel Bursary Award, Alliance for Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), 2018
- Patricia Clements DHSI Travel Bursary Award, Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), 2018
- ILiADS Stakeholders Travel Bursary Award, Institute for Liberal Arts and Digital Scholarship (ILiADS), 2018
- Charles E. Lake Memorial Prize in Philosophy, Hope College, received in 2014, 2015, 2016, & 2017
- Phelps Scholars Program Member, 2013-2017
- Andrew C. Mellon Foundation Scholars in the Arts and Humanities, 2014-2017
- Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, 2015-2017
- Chapel Choir Vice President, 2016-2017
- Women’s A Cappella, Luminescence, Student Director, 2016-2017
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, inducted in 2017
- Sigma Delta Phi Spanish Honor Society, inducted in 2017
- Award for Outstanding Contributions to Digital Liberal Arts Scholarship, 2017
- Chapel Choir Exemplary Service Award, 2017
- Nyenhuis Grant Recipient for research in India, 2016
- Andrew C. Mellon Scholars Program Summer Research Grant Recipient, 2016
- Global Student Ambassador for IES Abroad, Fall 2016
PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES
- “Next Generation Digital Humanities: A Response to the Need for Empowering Undergraduate Researchers” Short Paper accepted to ADHO Digital Humanities 2018 Conference, Mexico City, 2018
- Institute for Liberal Arts and Digital Scholarship (ILiADS) Steering Committee & Stakeholders Project Member, Occidental College, 2018
- Digital Humanities Summer Research Institution (DHSI) Course: XML for Literary & Historical Research, University of Victoria, 2018
- Organized and Facilitated: The Undergraduate Network for Research in the Humanities (UNRH) Conference
- UNRH 2019 Voices in Digital Humanities, The College of Wooster, 2019
- UNRH 2018 InterHumanities, Hope College, 2018
- UNRH 2017, Washington & Lee University, 2017
- UNRH 2015, Davidson College, 2015
- “Peruvian Matriarchies: An Oral Histories Project” (advisor to student project) Oral History and Student Engagement with Displaced Communities: at Oberlin College in Collaboration with the American University of Nigeria, 2017
- “Art & Architecture in India: The Philosophies of Rabindranath Tagore” The Celebration of Undergraduate Research, Hope College, 2017
- “The Ethics of Expropriated Art” Summer Research Showcase at Hope College, 2016
- “Tulips & Tulipanes: The Hispanic Community of Holland, Michigan” The Celebration of Undergraduate Research at Hope College, 2015
- “Mapping Mexico City” (Joint project with Professor Maria Claudia Andre) ILiADS Conference at Hamilton College, 2015
- Project Presentation and Panelist for: “The Undergraduate Network for Research in the Humanities” (Joint project with other students: Andrew Rikard, Ulemj Enkhbold, Elizabeth Stanton, Miranda Donnellan, Emily Hackman, and Eric Rhodes) ILiADS Conference at Hamilton College, 2015