Rodney Taylor is a poet and international educator. He earned a Bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Columbia University and holds Masters degrees from the University of Mississippi and the University of Salamanca. His master's thesis at the Universidad de Salamanca was on the socially conscious poetry of Roberto Sosa. A native son of Alabama, and permanent resident of Philadelphia, he likes neo-soul, hip hop and jazz. Above all, he likes to travel with his family and listen to his children's laughter.