Dr. Sheila Taylor has been named the Vice President of Academics. Dr. Taylor comes to BRTC after a short retirement from higher education.
Dr. Taylor spent five years a Chief Academic Officer, the equivalent of Vice President of Academics, at Granite State in Concord, New Hampshire. Before that, she was Chief Academic Officer at Urban College of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Taylor earned her bachelor and master of education at Arkansas State University and her doctor of education at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Taylor is a Northeast Arkansas native. She grew up in Lepanto, Arkansas, raised her children in Jonesboro, and had grandparents and other relatives who lived in Pocahontas.
Dr. Taylor has a daughter Abby, son Matt, and 7 grandchildren. She resides in Jonesboro.