Taylor Newton is Associate Professor of Psychology at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Her areas of research include social influences, the interrelationship of religious identities and beliefs, moral behavior, and perceptions of the relationship between science and religion. In 2020, she received an Appalachian College Association Faculty Fellowship Award to support her sabbatical working with researchers and government officials to identify ways to apply insights from behavioral science to further public health goals during the COVID-19 pandemic and other research.

Taylor holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Social Psychology and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Denver.