Robert Joseph (Robert) Taylor

Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, Professor of Social Work,School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research

Degrees

BA, Sociology, 1974, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL;
MSW, Social Work, 1976, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
PhD, Social Work and Sociology, 1983, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BioSketch

Robert Joseph Taylor is the Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work. He is also a faculty associate with the Program for Research on black Americans at the Institute for Social Research. 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 that examine the role of religion in the lives of Black and White elderly adults. He has been co-principal investigator with James Jackson on several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health on the correlates of mental health and mental illness among Black Americans, including the only major national study of the prevalence of mental illness among Black Americans (The National Survey of American Life). 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 also the lead author of the book, Religion in the Lives of African Americans: Social, Psychological, and Health Perspectives (2004) with Linda Chatters and Jeff Levin. He is the founding editor of African American Research Perspectives and is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marriage and the Family and Race and Social Problems.

Robert Taylor, Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, Professor of Social Work,School of Social Work, and Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research

Email

rjtaylor@umich.edu

Web Sites

http://www.isr.umich.edu/rcgd/prba/

Location

Room:	3778 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 936-2618
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Location

Room:	2847 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 615-9601
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (in press). Church-based negative interaction among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites. In M. Silverstein & R. Giarrusso (Eds.), From generation to generation: Continuity and discontinuity in aging families. Johns Hopkins Press.

Chatters, L. M., Mattis, J. S., Woodward, A. T., Taylor, R. J., Neighbors, H. W., & Grayman, N. A. (2011). Use of ministers for serious personal problems among African Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 81(1), 118-127.

Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R.J., Lincoln, K. D., Nguyen, A., Joe, S. (2011). Church-based social support and suicidality among African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Archives of Suicide Research, 15(4), 337-353.

Himle, J. A., Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., & Nguyen, A. (2011). The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and religious faith: Clinical characteristics and implications for treatment. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality,
3(4), 241-258.

Levin, J. S. Taylor, R. J. & Chatters, L. M. (2011). Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of spiritual healer use: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Complementary Therapies in Medicine.
19(2), 63-70.

Levin, J., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2011). Theory in religion, aging, and health: An overview. Journal of Religion and Health. 50(2), 389-406.

Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Watkins, D. C., & Chatters, L. (2011). Correlates of psychological distress and major depressive disorder among African American men. Research on Social Work Practice, 21(3), 278-288.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Joe, S. (2011). Non-organizational religious participation, subjective religiosity, and spirituality among older African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Journal of Religion and Health, 50(3), 623-645.

Woodward, A. T., Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2011). Use of professional and informal support by African American and Black Caribbean men with a mental disorder. Research on Social Work Practice, 21(3), 328-336.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Joe, S. (2011). Religious involvement and suicidal behavior among African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199(7), 478-486.

Taylor, R. J., Woodward, A. T., Chatters, L. M., Mattis, J. S., & Jackson, J. S. (2011). Seeking help from clergy among Black Caribbeans in the United States. Race and Social Problems, 3, 244-251.

Keith, V., Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., & Jackson, J. S. (2010). Discriminatory experiences and depressive symptoms among African American women: Do skin tone and mastery matter? Sex Roles, 62, 48-59.

Taylor, R. M., & Chatters, L. M. (2010). Religious media use among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Non-Hispanic Whites: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Journal of African American Studies.

Bohnert, A. S. B., Perron, B. E., Jarman, C. N., Vaughn, M. G., Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2010). Use of clergy services among individuals seeking treatment for alcohol use problems. American Journal of Addictions, 19(4), 345-351.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., Mattis, J. S., & Joe, S. (2010). Religious involvement among Caribbean blacks in the United States. Review of Religious Research, 52(2), 125-145.

Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., Chatters, L. M., Himle, J. A., Woodward, A. T., et al. (2010). Emotional support, negative interaction and DSM IV lifetime disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25, 612-621.

Lincoln, K. D., Taylor, R. J., Chae, D. H., & Chatters, L. M. (2010). Demographic correlates of psychological well-being and distress among older African Americans and Caribbean Black adults. Best Practices in Mental Health, 6, 103-126.

Woodward, A. T., Bullard, K. M., Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., Baser, R. E., Perron, B. E., et al. (2009). Use of complementary and alternative medicines for mental and substance use disorders: A comparison of African Americans Black Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic Whites. Psychiatric Services, 60(190), 1342-1349.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., Bullard, K. M., Wallace, J. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2009). Organizational religious behavior among older African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Research on Aging, 31, 440-462.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2009). Correlates of spirituality among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Journal of Black Psychology, 35, 317-342.

Perron, B., Alexander-Eitzman, B., Watkins, D., Taylor, R., Neighbors, H. W., & Jackson, J. S. (2009). Ethnic differences in delays to treatment for substance use disorders: African Americans, Black Caribbeans and Non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 41(4) 369-377.

Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2009). Race and ethnic differences in religious involvement: African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32, 1143-1163.

Himle, J. A., Baser, R. E., Taylor, R. J., Campbell, R. D., & Jackson, J. S. (2009). Anxiety disorders among African Americans, blacks of Caribbean descent, and non-Hispanic whites in the United States. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(5), 578-590.

Bryant, C. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Marital satisfaction among African Americans and Black Caribbeans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Family Relations, 57(2), 239-253.

Chatters, L. M., Bullard, K. M., Taylor, R. J., Woodward, A. T., Neighbors, H. W., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Religious participation and DSM-IV disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16, 957-965.

Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Spirituality and subjective religiosity among African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47(4), 725-737.

Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Spirituality and subjective religiosity among African Americans, Black Caribbeans and Whites. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47, 725-737.

Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Religious coping among African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and non-Hispanic Whites. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(3), 371-386.

Himle, J. A., Muroff, J. R., Taylor, R. J., Baser, R. E., Abelson, J. M., Hanna, G. L., et al. (2008). Obsessive-compulsive disorder among African Americans and Blacks of Caribbean descent: Results form the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). Depression and Anxiety, 25(12), 993-1005.

Gonzalez, H. M., Croghan, T. W., West, B. T., Williams, D. R., Nesse, R., Taylor, R. J., et al. (2008). Antidepressant use in black and white populations in the United States. Psychiatric Services, 59, 1131-1138.

Woodward, A. T., Taylor, R. J., Neighbors, H. W., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Use of professional services and informal support by African Americans and Caribbean blacks with mental disorders. Psychiatric Services, 59(11), 1292-1298.

Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Profiles of depressive symptoms among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Social Science and Medicine, 65, 200-213.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Religious participation among older black Caribbeans in the United States. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 62, S251-S256.

Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Religious and spiritual involvement among older African Americans, Caribbean Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 62, S238-S250.

Neighbors, H. W., Caldwell, C., Williams, D. R., Nesse, R., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., Torres, M., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Race, ethnicity, and the use of services for mental disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 485-494.

Mattis, J. S., Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., Neighbors, H. W., Mitchell, N., Zapata, A., et al. (2007). The use of ministerial support by African Americans: A focus group study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(2), 249-258.

Chatters, L. M., & Taylor, R. J. (2007). African Americans. In K. Markides (Ed.), The encyclopedia of health and aging. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Ford, B. C., Bullard, K. M. Taylor, R. J., Neighbors, H. W., Toler, A., & Jackson, J. S. (2007). Lifetime and 12-Month prevalence of DSM-IV disorders among older African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(8), 652-659.