Undergraduate:
- PSYC433 - Basic Helping Skills: Research & Practice
- PSYC489Q - Psychology of the Black Experience
Graduate:
- PSYC700 - Theories and Strategies of Counseling Psychology
Taylor, Terrill
Bio
Dr. Terrill O. Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and is affiliated with the Counseling program area. He joined the University of Maryland in Fall 2023 after completing his doctoral studies at the University of North Dakota and he completed his predoctoral internship at the Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Taylor is also a former Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute for the Study of Race and Culture at Boston College.
His research interests center on examining issues of race and racism, with specific emphasis on intersectionality, racial disparities in systems of justice, anti-Black racism, and restorative justice. He is the Director of the Restoring H.O.P.E. Research Lab at UMD, where his work seeks to strengthen collaborations between mental health and criminal justice stakeholders. His multidisciplinary research agenda is dedicated to: (1) advancing understanding of the cycles of oppression affecting individuals impacted by criminal legal systems, (2) dismantling social inequities that reinforce systemic stratification among justice-involved individuals and multiply marginalized groups, and (3) fostering practices that promote social transformation, liberation, hope, and healing for those who have been historically excluded or disenfranchised.
To achieve these objectives, Dr. Taylor aims to develop, test, and scale stigma reduction and psychological health interventions for marginalized populations.
Dr. Taylor will review applications for doctoral program admission during the Fall 2027 admissions cycle, and hopes to admit a new student in the Counseling program area.
Degrees
Counseling Psychology, University of North Dakota (2023) - Ph.D.
Counseling, University of North Dakota (2020) - M.A.
Human Development and Family Studies, University of Houston (2015) - B.S.
Areas of Interest
Race
Racism
Intersectionality
Criminal-Legal Stigma
Restorative Justice
Research Topics
Select Publications:
Pieterse, A. L., Taylor, T. O., & Harris, M. G. (2026). The African American Historical Loss and Trauma Response Scales: Development and initial psychometric evaluation. Journal of Counseling Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000863
Taylor, T. O., Smith, N. C., Robinson, T. A., & Wood, K. (2026). Racism and health: Examining mediators of health outcomes among Black and Latine justice-involved and non-justice-involved individuals. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 73(1), 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000843
Taylor, T. O., Robinson, T. A., Simmons, T., Bodee, K., & Wilcox, M. M. (2025). Interpersonal and structural reconciliation and healing: Restorative justice as a decolonizing lens in counselling psychology. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2025.2521630
Flinn, R. E., Taylor, T. O., [...] & Stepleman, L. M. (2025). Dismantling barriers in professional psychology: the education and training of formerly justice-involved psychologists and trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 19(3), 245–252. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000515
Taylor, T. O., Ward, R. M., Das, A., Geyer, R., & Speed, S. (2025). An examination of college students' restorative justice attitudes, adult sexual assault experiences, risky drinking behaviors, and alcohol centrality beliefs. Contemporary Justice Review, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2025.2531503
Taylor, T. O., Anyanso, V., Bradshaw, S., Varghese, F., & Davis, C. III. (2025). Confronting stigma and complicity on justice-oriented work: An examination of interest and training needs. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 19(2), 134–143. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000507
Millar, M., Berryessa, C., Willis-Esqueda, C., Cantone, J., Goldfarb, D., M., de Val-Palumbo, M., Perillo, A., Taylor, T. O., & Becker, L. T. (2024). Essentialism and the criminal legal system. Law and Human Behavior, 48(5-6), 597–612. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000576
Taylor, T. O. & Bailey, T.-K. (2024). Does race matter? An experimental vignette study on harm severity, college student discipline, and restorative justice. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 17(3), 385–401. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000427
Wilcox, M. M., & Taylor, T. O. (2023). Ban the box: Addressing effects of systemic racism on justice-involved individuals in pathways to professional psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 17(2), 191- 199. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000407
Taylor, T. O., & Bailey, T.-K., M. (2022). The Restorative Justice Attitudes Scale (RJAS): Development and initial psychometric evaluation. The Counseling Psychologist, 50(1), 6-39. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00110000211044485
Terrill Taylor
Assistant Professor
| 2147K Biology-Psychology Bldg
| totaylor@umd.edu
| (301) 405-5791