Whitney Taylor, PhD is a Senior Career Coach for Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars in the Vanderbilt University Career Center. She received her BA in Philosophy and English from Emory University. Prior to graduate school, she worked in law firms and for the Atlanta Urban Debate League, which confirmed her love for working in education. She received her PhD in English from Northwestern University, specializing in early modern literature. As a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern, she taught literature and writing courses on topics from Shakespeare and Milton to fairy tales and monsters in literature and cultural studies. Her prior experience also includes supporting BBA and MBA students in business writing and communications at Emory’s Goizueta School of Business. Upon working in executive leadership coaching, she earned her coaching certification from Coactive Training Institute in 2021 and discovered she wished grad students and early career academics had more access to coaching. In 2022, she joined Vanderbilt’s Career Center, where she loves empowering grad students and postdocs with clear strategies, confidence, and curiosity to pursue career possibilities that align with their values, interests, and skills.