Adrianna Taylor

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Adrianna Taylor

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Social Work

Biography

Dr. Taylor teaches in MSU Denver’s MSW program as a Race Scholar.

Research Interests

    The Impact of Intergenerational and Historical Trauma on the Relationship Between the Adult Black Mother-Daughter Dyad

    Culturally Responsive Care for Black and Brown Adolescent Girls and Young Women

    Adaptive Leadership as the Antidote to Institutional Racial Paralysis and Systemic Racism

Teaching Interests

    AIP: Clinical Practice
    Social Work with Military and Veterans
    Power, Oppression, and Privilege Across Practice Contexts
    Interpersonal Violence
    AIP: Leadership (title revamp pending)

Education

Other in

Simmons University

MSW in Social Work

North Carolina State University

BA in English

North Carolina State University

Published Works

  • Taylor, A., Hood, N. A. (2026). Relational and Structural Trauma among Black Girls: Poly-Victimization and Relational Wounds. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Children and Youth Services Review.
  • Taylor, A., Farley-Lisenbee, B., Slentz, C. (2026). Deconstructing Hierarchy Through Learning Communities: Justice, Equity, and Storytelling in the Social Work Classroom. Journal of Social Sciences, 15(321), 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci15050321.
  • Taylor, A. (2026). Embodied Anti-Racism as Pedagogical Practice: Expanding Concept to Create Critical Classrooms. Hawaii International Conference on Education.
  • Taylor, A. (2025). Military Social Work Case Vignette. Cambridge University Press.
  • Gamm, E., Gordon, A., Taylor, A. Black Women’s Experiences of Racial Discrimination in Patient/Provider Communication: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis. Advances in Nursing Science.
  • Cottrell, S. B., Boyce, E., Clockston, M. J., Corvino, A. P., Sullivan, F. A., Taylor, A., Baranski, M. A. (2025). Design Justice: Engagement and Equity in Pedagogy. Springer Nature Publisher.
  • Garran, A., Currie, N., Burke, J., Farley-Lisenbee, B., Meade, G., Taylor, A. (2025). Chapter Five: The Process of Decolonizing Supervision and Leadership (It Do Take Nerve). Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/.
  • Taylor, A., Greathouse, T. (2024). Legacy Mentoring: Securing the Future of Black Women in Social Work. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, https://doi.org/10.62935/4p5cxu.
  • Clockston, M. J., Darnel, L., Retrum, J., Taylor, A., Greathouse, T. (2022). Metamorphosing White Supremacist Organizational Practices: Stages of Liberatory Engagement. [Manuscript submitted for publication].