Angela Taylor

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Department Chair

910-672-2275
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 MagnumTM 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.