Angela Taylor

Phone: 910-672-2275 

Email: ataylo14@uncfsu.edu 

Room: LTB 307 

Education 

Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Newark
M.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Newark
B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick

Courses Taught

CRJC 200 Intro Crim Justice System
CRJC 304 Criminology
CRJC 314 Criminal Justice Research
CRJC 315 Criminal Justice Statistics
CRJC 325 Drugs and Crime
CRJC 355 Crime Prevention
CRJC 521 Foundations of Criminological Thought
CRJC 550 Statistical Applications in Criminal Justice

Research Interests

HIV Prevention and Perceptions of Sexual Health Risk
Situational Perspectives on Violence
Race/Ethnicity and Substance Use/Misuse
Drugs, Crime, and Justice
Health Disparities, Crime, and Justice

Publications

McElrath, K., Taylor, A., Tran, K. K. (2016). Black-white disparities in criminal justice referrals to drug treatment: Addressing treatment need or expanding the diagnostic net? Behavioral Sciences, 6(21), 15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5197934/

McElrath, K., Stana, A., Taylor, A., Johnson-Arnold, L. (2016). Race/Sex Interactions and HIV Testing Among College Students. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

McElrath, K., Taylor, A. (2016). The Magnum^TM phenomenon and its challenges for HIV/STD prevention. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43(3). http://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/pages/default.aspx

Taylor, A. (2014). Step by Step: A Situational Analysis of Drug Business Disputes. In James Inciardi & Karen McElrath (Ed.), The American Drug Scene; 7th Edition (7th ed., pp. 291-306). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Taylor, A., Wilkinson, D. L. (2012). The Emergence of Violence in Drug Market Settings. In McGloin, Jean Marie; Sullivan, Christopher J.; Kennedy, Leslie W. (Ed.), When Crime Appears: The Role of Emergence (pp. 135-155). New York, New York: Routledge.

Taylor, A. (2007). How drug dealers settle disputes: Violent and nonviolent outcomes. Criminal Justice Press.

Presentations

Taylor, A., (2017, March). Race, Ethnicity, and Prescription Substance Use/Abuse. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Taylor, A., Guevara, L., (2015, Nov). "Examining Student Outcomes in Online versus On-Campus Statistics Classes Presentation at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology.

Taylor, A., 70th (2014, November) Author Meets Critic Panel - Girls and Violence, Tracing the Roots of Criminal Behavior by Judith Ryder. American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. (November 2014).

Professional Experience

National Development Research Institutes, Inc. (2004 - 2007)

Memberships

American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Sociological Association

Grants

Integrated multilevel HIV prevention program for African-American young adults. (2014 -2017). (Co-Principal Investigator with McElrath, K. I. (Principal), Taylor, A., Stana, A., Arnold-Johnson, L. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

Awards and Honors

Service Award (2017) - Awarded by Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University.

Outstanding Scholarship Award (2016) - Awarded by Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University.

Outstanding Scholarship Award (2015) - Awarded by Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University.

Advisor of the Year (2015) - Awarded by Fayetteville State University.