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 Female Youth: Poly-Victimization and Relational Wounds . [Manuscript in preparation]. Children and Youth Services Review. 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].