Rebecca Taylor is an educator and researcher whose work explores how sustained, contemplative engagement with works of art can support meaning-making, ethical reflection, and human flourishing in higher education. Drawing on philosophy of education, aesthetic theory, and contemplative pedagogy, her research centers on *Re-presencing*—a pedagogical framework that uses ritualized encounters with art to cultivate presence, discernment, and the capacity to “live" the questions (a la Rilke) of a life worth living.

She is currently pursuing doctoral research in the Department of Arts & Humanities at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also teaches as a part-time Lecturer. Her scholarly interests include aesthetic experience, self-cultivation, humanistic education, and the role of the arts in times of cultural and existential uncertainty.

Rebecca brings more than two decades of experience in the arts and culture sector, including leadership roles at MoMA PS1, The Museum of Modern Art, the Getty, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She has previously taught at UCLA Extension and at Christie’s Education, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA).