Dr. Daya Irene Taylor is a registered architect and nationally recognized leader in architectural education whose work centers on Design Justice, equity, and institutional transformation, particularly within HBCU architecture programs. She currently serves as Chair of the Department of Architecture at Hampton University and has held senior academic leadership roles, including Interim Dean and Architecture Department Head of the Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science at Tuskegee University. She also serves as Chair of the EDUCATE Committee for the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), where she provides national leadership for the organization’s academic agenda, including oversight of the forthcoming peer-reviewed NOMA academic journal, Project Pipeline, and the HBCU Architecture Roundtable. Dr. Taylor is the Founder of Black to the Drawing Board, a nationally visible platform focused on design justice, truth-telling, and the future of architectural education and practice. Her career spans professional practice, graduate teaching, public-sector project management, and national advocacy. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law from Alabama State University, with a scholarly focus on architectural education and higher education leadership, and continues to shape the profession through policy, pedagogy, and public scholarship.