Educational Background

Ph.D. St. Mary's University 1993 Counseling
M.Ed. Sul Ross State University 1979 Education
B.S. Abilene Christian University 1975 Psychology

Teaching Responsibilities

Helping Relationships
Counseling Interventions
Counseling Theories and Techniques
Practicum
Supervision in Counseling
DSM: Counseling Abnormal Populations
Advanced Group Leadership
Career Development
Small Group Dynamics
Educational Evaluation
Theories of Human Development

Research Interests

Risk and resiliency processes and methods to increase resiliency among different populations

How school counselors and others use resiliency processes

Evaluation of counseling programs and how they align with the Texas model for school guidance

Use of photography in therapeutic applications

Refereed Publications

Taylor, E. R., & Thomas, C. (2002). The application of resiliency factors by school counselors in Texas. TCA Journal, 30, 56-67.

Taylor, E. R. (2002). Evaluation of counseling services in a rural school district: Assessing current program status. In P. Henderson, & N. Gysbers, Implementing comprehensive school guidance programs: Critical leadership issues and successful responses. Greensboro, NC: CAPS Publication.

Taylor, E.R., Wooten, R., Babcock, R., & Hill, F. (2002). A metaphorical story to raise relational esteem in Mexican American families of low socioeconomic status, The Family Journal, 10, 27-33.

Taylor, E. R., Kelly, J., Valescu, S., Reynolds, G. S., Sherman, J., & German, V. (2001). Is stealing a gateway crime? Community Mental Health Journal, 37, 347-358.

Elleven, R., Van Veldhuizen, J., & Taylor, E.R. (2001). Cults on Campus: Perceptions of Chief Counseling Officers. Journal of Cult Studies, 18, 1-9.

Taylor, E.R. & Thomas, C. (2001). Understanding resiliency in children and its implications for Schools. Journal of Thought, 36, 7-16.

Kellogg, N., Burge, S., & Taylor, E. R. (2000). Wanted and unwanted sexual experiences and family dysfunction during adolescence. Journal of Family Violence, 15, 55-68.

Kellogg, N., Hoffman, T., & Taylor, E.R. (1999). Wanted and unwanted sexual experiences among pregnant adolescent females, Adolescence, 34, 293-303.

Hoffman, T., & Amodei, N., & Taylor, E.R., Madrigal, A., Biever, J., & Cardenas, F. (1999). Violence prevention in early childhood: Effectiveness of a violence prevention curriculum for headstart teachers. Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 27, 67-75.

Taylor, E.R., Amodei, N., & Mangos, R. C. (1996). The presence of psychiatric disorders in HIV-infected women. Journal of Counseling and Development, 74, 345-351.

German, V.F., Nolan, R.J., Johnson, C.P., Marine, W.E., Taylor, E.R., & Mangos, J.A. (1994). Children with special health care needs in Texas. Texas Medicine, 56-62.
Non-refereed Presentations
Taylor, E. R. (2002) Creating resiliency in the new millennium. Proceedings of the First International Association for Personal Meaning Conference, Vancouver, Canada. Retrieved October 12, 2002, from http://www.meaning.ca/conference/2000proceedings.htm

Taylor, E. R. (March/April, 2002). What does it mean to be resilient? Christian Woman Magazine, 26-17, 39.

Special Awards

Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Education, 2002
Texas Counseling Association Distinguished Service Award, 1999
Healy Murphy Center for Outstanding Service PPWI Project, 1997
Region 20 Education Service Center CRCG Recognition, 1996-97

Professional Service

Executive Editor, TCA Journal, Texas Counseling Association, 2001-2003