Tamara Taylor

Tamara Taylor

Lecturer in College Writing
research interests:
  • Romanticism
  • Modernism
  • Gender Studies
  • Science
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies

contact info:

mailing address:

  • College Writing Program
    MSC 1096-153-122
    Washington University
    1 Brookings Drive
    St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Tamara Baker Taylor, Ph.D. teaches college writing. She has also taught literature courses on Women’s Texts and an Introduction to Women and Gender Studies. Her dissertation, Species of the Sun's Making: Reading Light, Proust to Merrill explores poetry and prose fixated on transitory visual phenomena, particularly on the dynamics of light and color that shape subjectivity; from golden words to blue memories, the "color of time" illuminates how we comprehend our world and ourselves. Her research interests range from Romanticism to Modernism and include gender studies, science, philosophy, and religious studies. Originally from Idaho, she has lived in St. Louis with her husband J.D. since 2001. They enjoy a busy life with their three children, two cats, and one dog. 

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College Writing: Writing Identity

What defines who we are and who we may become? How do class, gender, race, sexuality, and other social forces shape our identities? In what ways are our identities inherent or constructed, claimed or ascribed? In this course, we explore these and similar questions through the work of creative and critical writers, artists, and thinkers.