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Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Washington, K., Taylor, J., & Perez, F. (2026). Stakeholder perceptions of four-day school weeks: Leadership and policy implications in K–12 education. Journal of Innovations in Education and Human Development: Research and Practice, 1(1).

Taylor, J., & Reed, D. (2026). Fierce leadership: Perspectives of Black women educational leaders: A transcendental phenomenological study. Tapestry: Journal of Research in Education, 4(1).

Borel, D. A., & Taylor, J. (2025). Integration of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) in academic research: Perceptions of aspiring educational leaders. School Leadership Review, 20(1), Article 11.

Taylor, J., Ross, S., Washington, K., & Brown, K. (2024). Igniting resilience during critical times: Reflections of women superintendents. School Leadership Review, 18(2), 1–17.

Selected Book Chapters

Reed, D., Spencer, L. S., Taylor, J., Hines, M., Fontenot, C., & White, T. S. (2026). Rethinking leadership pipelines: Exploring alternative pathways to principal preparation. In B. Sande & A. Marvel (Eds.), Enhancing educational access through innovative educator preparation pathways (pp. 221–256). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Taylor, J. (2025). Voices of reason, resonance, and resilience: Black women educational leaders' lived experiences and impact on Black children's lives. In M. Hines (Ed.), The reclamation of Black lives matter in education (pp. 213–262). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.

Taylor, J. L. (2025). My mother and my mentors: Lessons for leadership and life. In K. Kemp-Graham & S. Pruitt (Eds.), Interrupters, visionaries, champions and legends: School leader evocative autoethnographies of resilience, grit, adversity, failure and success of leading public schools in the 21st century (pp. 32–42). ICPEL Publishing.

Selected Presentations

Washington, K., Taylor, J., & Perez, F. (2026, October). 4-Day school weeks: What Texas leaders need to know before the shift. TASA/TASB txEDCON 2026, Houston, TX.

Taylor, J., & Reed, D. (2026, July). Heart-Work as Praxis: A mid-range model for transformational leadership. International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Washington, K., Taylor, J., & Perez, F. (2026, April). Stakeholder perceptions of four-day school weeks: Leadership and policy implications in K–12 education. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Taylor, J., & Reed, D. (2026, March). Beyond survival: Black feminist leadership as transformative praxis in education. Research on Women and Education SIG Webinar, Research from Black Feminist Perspectives.

Taylor, J., & Reed, D. (2025, July). Adaptive leadership in action: Success stories of women educational leaders. International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership Virtual Conference.

Taylor, J., Ross, S., Washington, K., & Brown, K. (2025, April). Resilience: A remedy for women superintendents to navigate challenging times. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.