Dr. Sarah Taylor

Dr. Sarah Taylor is an Assistant Professor in Child Development and Family Studies at California State University, Long Beach. As a trained family scientist and Certified Family Life Educator, Dr. Taylor takes a strengths- and prevention-approach to supporting individuals and families. She has applied her training in Family Life Education to her experiences developing and evaluating youth and family programs and workshops in local, national, and international contexts. Her research focuses on cross-cultural family well-being, intimate partner violence, gender roles in the family context, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in family science. 

 

At CSULB, Dr. Taylor teaches Parent Education, Family Life Education, International Families, and Family Stress & Coping. Dr. Taylor is also a service learning instructor. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she has supported faculty across campus in developing and teaching service learning courses remotely.   

 

Academic Area: 
Child Development and Family Studies

Certified Family Life Educator

 

  • Ph.D. in Human Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln                                                                                     
    • Specialization: Child, Youth & Family Studies
    • Ph.D. Minor: Women’s and Gender Studies
    • Mixed Methods Research Certificate
  • M.A. in Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • B.A. in Psychology (Mental Health Emphasis), Doane College

  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Gender Roles and Sexism
  • Girls and Women in the Family Context
  • Cross-Cultural Family Well-being
  • Program Development & Evaluation

  • Taylor, S. & Xia, Y. (In Press). Preparing FCS professionals: Understanding intimate partner violence advocacy using the Social Ecological Model. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences.
  • Taylor, S., Do, K. A., Qin, S., de Guzman, M.R.T., & Xia, Y. (2019). Youth perspectives of experiential learning delivery: Findings from a 4-H youth program. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 7(1), 79-91.
  • Taylor, S. & Xia, Y. (2018). Cyber dating abuse: A systematic review. Violence and Victims, 33(6), 983-1011.
  • Taylor, S., & Xia, Y. (2018). Teaching strategies for exposing students to culturally diverse Families. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 110(2), 57-62.
  • Taylor, S. (2018). Women in North Korea. In Women's Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood.
  • Taylor, S. (2018). Women in Vietnam. In Women's Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood.
  • Taylor, S., Calkins, C. A., Xia, Y., & Dalla, R. L. (2017). A youth perspective on adolescent dating violence: A qualitative study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 1-21. Advance Online Publication. Doi: 10.1177/0886260517726969
  • Xia, Y., Taylor, S., de Guzman, M.R.T. (2016). Evaluation of the Health Rocks! program: The association of youth engagement with program outcomes. Journal of Youth Development, 11(3), 95-104