- Ph.D. in Strategic Communication, University of Central Florida
- M.A. in Human Communication, University of Central Florida
- B.S. in Communication and Spanish, University of Southern Mississippi
BIO
Lakelyn Taylor is a postdoctoral associate in the Cooperative Institute of Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH). She has a B.S. in communication and Spanish as well as a minor in political science from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and a M.A. in human communication from the University of Central Florida (UCF). She also completed her Ph.D. in strategic communication from UCF. Lakelyn is a social scientist who conducts research about natural disaster communication. She has led a series of research projects to determine the effectiveness of computer-generated graphics versus human reporting in hurricane warning messages. Most of her research is focused on risk and crisis communication in the contexts of religion, instruction, and ethics.
Lakelyn is currently working on a project to determine how local organizations currently communicate about floods and how introducing NOAA's new flood inundation map (FIM) might change that process. When she’s not working on research, she enjoys crossing items of her 2024 bucket list, reading, traveling, playing soccer, and going on outdoor adventures.
Area(s) of expertise
Risk and crisis communication, religious communication, social science
Bio
Lakelyn Taylor is a postdoctoral associate in the Cooperative Institute of Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH). She has a B.S. in communication and Spanish as well as a minor in political science from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and a M.A. in human communication from the University of Central Florida (UCF). She also completed her Ph.D. in strategic communication from UCF. Lakelyn is a social scientist who conducts research about natural disaster communication. She has led a series of research projects to determine the effectiveness of computer-generated graphics versus human reporting in hurricane warning messages. Most of her research is focused on risk and crisis communication in the contexts of religion, instruction, and ethics.
Lakelyn is currently working on a project to determine how local organizations currently communicate about floods and how introducing NOAA's new flood inundation map (FIM) might change that process. When she’s not working on research, she enjoys crossing items of her 2024 bucket list, reading, traveling, playing soccer, and going on outdoor adventures.
Areas of Expertise
Risk and crisis communication, religious communication, social science