Josh Taylor began serving as a lecturer in the Dean's Suite in Sept. 2026, bringing with him the curricular programs he spent seven years building as senior director of the Graham Office of Career Management. He stewards the Gatton Pro Series (GPS) — Gatton's five-credit professional development sequence — while teaching and coordinating undergraduate courses in global communication and leadership, internship programming and experiential learning.
His work on the GPS earned the 2024 UEDA National Award of Excellence in Talent Placement, a first-place recognition besting finalists from Georgia Tech and Indiana University, reflective of Graham's reputation for innovative programming with measurable impact on graduate outcomes.
Josh also co-founded Business Goes Global: Paris, Gatton's faculty-led study-abroad program built around an embedded micro-internship model, alongside Shane Hadden from the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods. He co-developed Industry Intersections, Gatton's selective annual applied-learning series, and designed the embedded leadership curriculum within the Gatton Global Leadership Experience in Rome.
Before higher education, Josh held globally focused communications and marketing roles with the Walt Disney Company and Rotary International in France and Québec — experience that continues to inform the internationally oriented programming he has built at Gatton.
He holds dual master's degrees in Strategic Communication and Adult and Higher Education Counseling from Morehead State University, a bachelor's in Speech Communication and French Linguistics from the University of Georgia, and a graduate certificate in French Translation and Québécois Studies from Université Laval in Canada. He is a Past president of the Kentucky Career Development Association.
