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Crystal Taylor serves as a full-time faculty member for the Equine Studies major and coaches the ����ý’s Intercollegiate Dressage Team.

Taylor has been actively involved in the equine industry for more than 30 years. She is a United States Dressage Federation (USDF) “L” Graduate with distinction for judge training. She is also a certified riding instructor through the USDF. She has extensive experience in the hunter/jumper discipline, dressage discipline, eventing discipline, breaking and training young horses, and racehorse industry.

Taylor has a bachelor’s degree in Equine Business and master's degree in Business Education. She has been teaching at ����ý for the last 17 years and is very passionate about educating students and providing them with real-world experiences in the equine industry.

According to Taylor, ����ý's equine curriculum engages students with high expectations and sets them up for success in the equine industry. Equine graduates are working all over the world in a wide range of jobs in the industry.

Taylor continues to stay active in the industry by teaching, coaching, competing, judging and attending many workshops and conferences. ����ý's Intercollegiate Dressage team has even been national champions.

Education

• M.A., Business Education, ����ý
• B.S., Equine Business Mgmt/Riding, ����ý
• A.S., Equine Mgmt/Production, SUNY Morrisville

Scholarly Interests

Dressage Training and Judging
Breaking and Training of Young Horses
Equine Behavior and Training
Combined Training
Race Horse Industry

Courses

• EQN 2110: First Level Dressage
• EQN 2120: Second Level Dressage
• EQN 2210: Advanced Combined Training
• EQN 3000: Foundations of Riding Theory
• EQN 1080 Equine Management Lab
• EQN 3001 and EQN 3002: Methods of Riding Instruction I & II