Taylor Hart

Bio

I am born and raised on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities.

In 2008, I went to Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and studied biomedical engineering. Although the math, physics, and biology were interesting in their own right, they did not satisfy my longing for vocation. I drifted toward human factors engineering. Developing systems with a user-centric perspective made sense and felt right. I went to Iowa State University for a year, as I drifted away from school.

In 2020, I began studying at Oregon State University to pursue an undergraduate degree in psychology. I graduated in June 2025.

Since graduation, I worked for a year as an outreach coordinator. I developed relationships with the Street Outreach Response Team (SORT) & the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center (CDDC), Harm Reduction & Benton County, Jackson Street Youth Services, a variety of other organizations and service providers, and many more people.

In November 2025, I started working with Jackson Street Youth Services as an Outreach Worker.

Although I have an enjoyment for math, physics, and biology; at best, my perspective leans toward experiences and being (meaning-making, art, sacred space, psychosis), threat response states (homeostatic systems, trauma, the loss of freedom/addiction, and identity/recovery), and the intersection between theory and practice.

The BEAVERS lab is an exceptional opportunity to try to study autonomous patterns that we may be less than aware of, yet hiding in plain sight.

(edited Nov. ’25)

Education

Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR

B.A. in Psychology | Graduated June 2025

Interests

  • Music with a syncopated beat
  • Parking lot car-aoke
  • Routine walks and aimless forest runs
  • And occasionally, outer-spacing

Taylor Hart

Bio

I am born and raised on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities.

In 2008, I went to Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and studied biomedical engineering. Although the math, physics, and biology were interesting in their own right, they did not satisfy my longing for vocation. I drifted toward human factors engineering. Developing systems with a user-centric perspective made sense and felt right. I went to Iowa State University for a year, as I drifted away from school.

In 2020, I began studying at Oregon State University to pursue an undergraduate degree in psychology. I graduated in June 2025.

Since graduation, I worked for a year as an outreach coordinator. I developed relationships with the Street Outreach Response Team (SORT) & the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center (CDDC), Harm Reduction & Benton County, Jackson Street Youth Services, a variety of other organizations and service providers, and many more people.

In November 2025, I started working with Jackson Street Youth Services as an Outreach Worker.

Although I have an enjoyment for math, physics, and biology; at best, my perspective leans toward experiences and being (meaning-making, art, sacred space, psychosis), threat response states (homeostatic systems, trauma, the loss of freedom/addiction, and identity/recovery), and the intersection between theory and practice.

The BEAVERS lab is an exceptional opportunity to try to study autonomous patterns that we may be less than aware of, yet hiding in plain sight.

(edited Nov. ’25)

Education

Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR

B.A. in Psychology | Graduated June 2025

Interests

  • Music with a syncopated beat
  • Parking lot car-aoke
  • Routine walks and aimless forest runs
  • And occasionally, outer-spacing