John A. Taylor joined the staff as an Associate Director in August 1997. He was appointed
Director of the Commission's Program to Evaluate and Advance Quality (PEAQ) in the spring of 2003.
In this role, Taylor works closely with all work teams within the office in overseeing the traditional
accreditation review processes, and he works directly with more than 160 institutions as their staff liaison.
He came to the Commission from Lincoln University in Missouri where he worked in various assignments for 19 years,
the last eight as Vice President for Academic Affairs. It was during this LU years that he became acquainted
with the Commission - as a self-study coordinator and writer, and as a member of the Consultant-Evaluator Corps.
Taylor earned his B.S. in Music Education at Virginia State University and his Master's and Doctor of Music
Education degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington. In conjunction with his music education background,
he served as the Director of Bands at Hampton University (Virginia) for ten years before coming to Lincoln
University.
