Sharon Taylor

Dr. Sharon Taylor is the Donald G. Miller Librarian* and director of the Barbour Library. Before coming to the Seminary in 2007, she served for 17 years as the director of the Franklin Trask Library, Andover Newton Theological School. A native Virginian, she received her B.A. and M.L.S. from Florida State University, her M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, her Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and her Ph.D. from Boston College. Taylor has served as president and member of the board of directors of the American Theological Library Association. Other professional activities include membership in the American Academy of Religion and the American Society of Church History. She has also served on several accreditation teams with the Association for Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Her scholarly interests include 19th century American church history, Presbyterian and Congregational history, and the history of missions, particularly the early movements in the United States. She is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

* The Donald G. Miller Librarian Chair is named in honor of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary President and New Testament scholar Donald G. Miller. He served at the Seminary from 1962-1970.