Education
BA, Journalism, International Relations, and Spanish, Butler University; MA, International Policy Studies with a specialization in international negotiation and conflict resolution, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Professional Experience
Ms. Carolyn Taylor Meyer has extensive experience working with academic communities, both as a faculty and staff member. She worked on staff at Butler University’s Office of International Student Services and in the creation of the Monterey College of Law’s Mandell-Gisnett Center for Conflict Management. Prior to beginning part-time instruction work at the Monterey Peninsula College in January 2006, she served as a public relations consultant for educational institutions in Monterey County, worked as a legislative analyst for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Washington, DC, edited online content at the Indianapolis Star, and worked in publishing at the American College of Sports Medicine.
Apart from her instruction role at MPC, Ms. Taylor is Director of Professional Immersive Learning and Special Programs in the Graduate School of International Policy & Management at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a Graduate School of Middlebury College. Her program work involves development project management and global trade training programs as well as building a network of international internship opportunities in the field and at the headquarters of international organizations such as the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, and the World Bank.
Ms. Meyer has traveled to over 30 countries and has spent time living in Spain and working in Mexico. Recent work trips include travel to China for a business development trip and participation in a human capacity-building project with the Rumicocha Foundation in Quito, Ecuador.
Community Work
She volunteers locally with Global Majority, Monterey County Red Cross, and as a trained mediator with the Juvenile Victim-Offender and Reconciliation Program (VORP).