Robert J Taylor
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Robert Joseph Taylor is the Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work. He is a Faculty Associate with the Program for Research on Black Americans at the Institute for Social Research and the Center for Afro-American and African Studies. He also is affiliated with the Center for Research on Race, Religion and Health. Professor Taylor has published extensively on the informal social support networks (i.e., family, friends, and church members) of adult and elderly Black Americans. He has been Principal Investigator of several grants from the National Institute on Aging which examine the role of religion in the lives of Black and White elderly adults. He has edited two books Family Life in Black America (1997) and Aging in Black America (1993) with James S. Jackson and Linda M. Chatters. He is the editor of African American Research Perspectives and has been on several editorial boards including the Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Family Relations, and Review of Religious Research.
- Jamilah R. George, Robert J Taylor, Traleena M. Rouleau, Emma D. Turner, Monnica T. Williams. 2025. Seeking Care for Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Behavior Therapy 56(1):1-15.
- Robert J Taylor, Kim, Elissa, Linda Chatters, Nguyen, Ann W. 2025. Research on Religion and Aging among Black Americans and Mexican Americans: The Impact of the National Institute on Aging. The Gerontologist 65(2):gnae172.
- Harry Owen Taylor, Robert J Taylor, Kazumi Tsuchiya, Linda Chatters. 2024. Social Isolation, Self-Rated Health, and Self-Rated Oral Health among African Americans. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 35(1):18-36.
- Nguyen, Ann W., Taylor, Harry Owen, Robert J Taylor, Ambroise, Alexis Z., Hamler, Tyrone, Qin, Weidi, Linda Chatters. 2024. The role of subjective, interpersonal, and structural social isolation in 12-month and lifetime anxiety disorders. BMC Public Health 24(1):1-10.
- Harry O. Taylor, Kazumi Tsuchiya, Ann W. Nguyen, Robert J Taylor. 2024. The impact of subjective, interpersonal, and structural social isolation on the mental health of African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Social Work in Mental Health 22(4):527-545.
- Meredith O. Hope, Ann W. Nguyen, Robert J Taylor, Linda Chatters. 2024. Correlates of Spirituality among African American and Black Caribbean Emerging Adults. Religions 15(3):341.
- Jun Sung Hong, Dong Ha Kim, Dorothy L. Espelage, Robert J Taylor, Dexter R. Voisin, Crecendra Boone. 2024. Subtypes of Bullying and Friends? Delinquency: Is Religiosity a Moderator?. Review of Religious Research 66(2):101-126.
- Robert J Taylor, Linda Chatters, Ann W. Nguyen, Harry Owen Taylor, Kazumi Tsuchiya, Analidis Ochoa. 2024. Friendship Social Support Networks of African Americans. Sociological Focus 57(4):493-503.
- Myles D. Moody, Robert J Taylor, Linda Chatters. 2024. Subjective Well-Being Among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Sociological Focus 58(1):138-151.
- Tam E Perry, Horn, Amanda J, Rorai, Vanessa, Smith, JoAnn, Bridgforth, James, Jamie Mitchell, Key, Kent, Cynthia Howell, Robert J Taylor, Lichtenberg, Peter, Woodward, Amanda T. 2024. Community Engaged Research for Older, Minoritized Americans: Programmatic Perspectives and Recommendations to Move the Science of Inclusion Forward. Public Policy & Aging Report 34(4):129-137.