Tayler Mathews

Tayler is a Public Policy Fellow at National Disability Institute. She specializes in state policy research, analysis, and development to improve economic opportunities for disabled people. Tayler is also a Black Feminisms and Disability Justice scholar. Her scholarship and advocacy center Black women and girls. Tayler earned her MA in sociology and PhD in political science at Clark Atlanta University. As a graduate student, she advocated for gender equity and organized against sexual harm and LGBTQ discrimination at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). She has participated in several local and national gender justice and survivor-centered organizations.