Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer has over 30 years of administrative leadership experience in higher education, having served as an Assistant Dean at Virginia Commonwealth University, Associate Provost at Kansas State University, and as Vice Provost at the University of Louisville beginning in 2001.
Under her leadership UofL has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and The Minority Access Commitment to Diversity Award in 2014 and 2015. In addition, UofL has recently been recognized as one of the most LGBT friendly universities in the South by Campus Pride.
She serves as the liaison and representative to CPE’s Committee on Equal Opportunity (CEO), APLU’s Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE) and various community organizations.