Faculty
Jerome Taylor
Associate Professor
Contact
Office: WWPH 4156
Phone: 412-648-7069
E-mail: taylor@pitt.edu
Web site: Center for Family Excellence
Selected Honors
- Recipient of Distinguished Research Award from the international Association of Black Psychologists
- Who’s Who in Black America
- Who’s Who in American Education
- Commendation letter from former President Bill Clinton for programs and services developed for inner-city communities
- Commendation from Governor Tom Ridge for development of the best violence prevention intervention in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Commendation from Mayor Masloff of City of Pittsburgh for service as chair of the Mayor’s Commission on Families
- Recipient of Kujichagulia Award from Sankofa Institute of Pittsburgh
- Norman Dixon Award for Outstanding Black Faculty Member
- Recipient of Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award, University of Pittsburgh
Scholarly Activities
Editorial Work
- Former consulting editor, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Reviewer for Ethnicity and Disease; Journal of Black Psychology; and Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Work Products
- Thirty-three prevention and intervention programs for children, families, neighborhoods, and communities. Agencies within and outside the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have been and are now being trained and certified to use these programs.
- Twenty-four assessment instruments for children, families, neighborhoods, and communities that are being used locally, nationally, and internationally.
Publications Sample
Taylor, J. (2005). Achieving excellence in urban schools: pitfalls, pratfalls, and evolving opportunities. Negro Education Review, 56 (4), 259-283
Taylor, J. & Kouyate, M. (2003). Achievement gap between black and white students: Theoretical analysis with recommendations for remedy. In A. Burlew, B. Guillermo, J. Trimble, & F. Leung (Eds.) Handbook of racial ethnic minority psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Taylor, J., Jackson-Lowman, H., Obiechinca, C., & Lewis, M. (1999). Diunital policy: A proposal to enhance academic achievement in the inner city. In R. L. Jones (Ed.) African American children, youth, and parenting. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry
Taylor, J., Turner, S., & Lewis M. (1999). Valucation: Definition, theory, and methods. In R. L. Jones (Ed.) Advances in African American psychology. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry
Taylor, J. (1998). Cultural conversion experiences: Implications for mental health research and treatment. In R.L. Jones (Ed.) African American identity development, v 2, 85-95. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry
Taylor, J., Obiechina, C., & Harrison, S. (1998). Toward a psychology of liberation and restoration: Answering the challenge of cultural alienation. In R.L. Jones (Ed.), African American Mental Health, 283-301. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry
Taylor, J., & Rogers, J. (1993). Relationship between cultural identity and exchange disposition. Journal of Black Psychology, 9, 248-265
Taylor, J., Henderson, D., & Jackson, B.B. (1991). A holistic model for understanding and predicting depression in African American women. The Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 206-320
Taylor, J., & Zhang, X. (1990). Cultural identity in martially distressed and non-distressed Black couples. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 14, 205-213
Taylor, J., & Jackson, B.B. (1990a). Factors affecting alcohol consumption in Black women: Part I. International Journal of the Addictions, 25, 1279-1292
Taylor, J., & Jackson, B.B. (1990b). Factors affecting alcohol consumption in Black women: Part II. International Journal of the Addictions, 15, 1407-1419
Terrell, F., Taylor, J., & Terrell, S. (1980). Self concept of juveniles who commit Black on Black crimes. Corrective and Social Psychiatry, 26, 107-109.
Tull, E.S., Wickramasuriya, T., Taylor, J., Smith-Barnes, V., Brown, M., Champagnie, G., Daye, K., Donaldson, K., Solomon, N., Walker, S., Frasier, H., & Jordan, O.W. (1999). Relationship of internalized racism to abdominal obesity and blood pressure in Afro-Caribbean women. Journal of the National Medical Association, 91, 447-451.
Public Service
Convener, Racial Justice Committee
Identifying what’s so special about schools in 23 cities that have nearly closed or actually reversed racial achievement gaps in reading and math; offering ongoing forums on factors involved in achievement gap closures; and evaluating the extent to which gap-closing schools are recognized and celebrated locally and nationally.
Convener, Math and Science Acceleration Team
Developed Pennsylvania CAN, an educational reformed designed to accelerate the closure of racial achievement gaps, which has been approved for trial implementation in select school districts in the Commonwealth.
Convener, Committee on Common Causation
Evaluating the extent to which spiritual, cultural, and axiological factors underlie a wide range of mental, physical, and social health challenges confronting Blacks on the Continent and in the Diaspora.
Executive Director, Center for Family Excellence, Inc
Serving more than 80 municipalities in Allegheny County, our mission is to promote the viability of children, families, and neighborhoods at risk. The center has one of the highest family preservation rates in the nation, and visitors from as far away as Japan and Czech Republic have come to see what we do and how we do it. The center also has been recognized as one of the best managed nonprofit organizations in the region (Alfred W. Wishart Jr. Award).
Professional Affiliations
- Association of Black Psychologists
- National Institute of Black Child Development
