John Taylor

Contact Information:

Office:	Bellamy 618
Phone:	644-7109
Fax:	644-8818
Email:	jrtaylor@fsu.edu
Website:	Center for Demography and Population Health profile

Areas of Specialization:

Research:

• Sociology of Mental Health and Psychiatric Epidemiology
• Ethnicity and Health
• Social Stress and the Stress Process

Teaching:

• Medical Sociology
• Epidemiological Methods
• Ethnicity and Health
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Sport and Society

Education and Recent Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University (2001-present)
• Research Associate, Center for the Study of Population, Florida State University (2001-present)
• Ph.D. University of Miami, 2000 Sociology
• M.A. University of Miami, 1996 Sociology
• B.A. Maryville College (Maryville, TN), 1992 History

Selected Papers and Publications:

• Taylor, John, David Eitle, and David Russell. (Forthcoming). “Racial/Ethnic Variation in the Relationship between Physical Limitation and Fear of Crime.” Deviant Behavior.
• Turner, R. Jay, Donald A. Lloyd, and John Taylor.2006. “Physical Disability and Mental Health: An Epidemiology of Psychiatric and Substance Disorders.” Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology 51:214-23.
• Turner, R. Jay, Donald A. Lloyd, and John Taylor. 2006. “Stress Burden, Drug Dependence and the Hispanic Paradox.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 83:79-89.
• Lloyd, Donald A. and John Taylor. 2006. “Lifetime Cumulative Adversity, Mental Health, and the Risk of becoming a Smoker.” Health 10(1):95-112.
• Sischo, Lacey, John Taylor, and Patricia Yancey Martin. 2006. “Carrying the Weight of Self-Derogation? Eating Disordered Practices as Social Deviance in Young Women.” Deviant Behavior 27:1-30.
• Lloyd, Donald A. and John Taylor. 2006. “Lifetime Cumulative Adversity, Mental Health, and the Risk of becoming a Smoker.” Health 10(1):95-112.
• Taylor, John, Donald A. Lloyd, and George J. Warheit.2005. “Self-Derogation, Peer Factors, and Drug Dependence among a Multiethnic Sample of Young Adults.” Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 15(2):39-51.
• Eliassen, A. Henry, John Taylor and Donald A. Lloyd. 2005. “Subjective Religiosity and Depression in the Transitions to Adulthood.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44:187-99.
• Turner, R. Jay, John Taylor, and Karen Van Gundy. 2004. “Personal Resources and Depression in the Transition to Adulthood: Ethnic Comparisons.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 45:34-52.
• Taylor, John and R. Jay Turner. 2002. "Perceived Discrimination, Social Stress, and Depression in the Transition to Adulthood: Racial Contrasts." Social Psychology Quarterly 65:213-225.
• Taylor, John and R. Jay Turner. 2001 "A Longitudinal Study of the Role and Significance of Mattering for Depressive Symptoms." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 42:309-324.
• Schieman, Scott and John Taylor. 2001. "Statuses, Roles, and the Sense of Mattering." Sociological Perspectives 44:469-484.
• Schieman, Scott, Karen Van Gundy, and John Taylor. 2001. "Reexamining Age Patterns in Depression in Two Representative U.S. Surveys." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 42:80-91.

Awards:

• First Year Assistant Professor Program Summer Salary Award, 2002
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant, College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Sociology, University of Miami, 1997/1998

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