Education
Ph.D., University of Washington, Clinical Psychology, 1999
Research Focus
African American couples and families, interracial couples, intimate partner violence, couple therapy, ethnic minority families, transracial adoption
Current Grants
NICHD: Minority Supplement, "Relationship quality and fathering among African American couples", Sandra Hofferth, Co-Investigator
UMCP: Psychological, Dyadic, and Environmental Predictors of Satisfaction and Stability in African-American Interracial Couples
CREES &USDA: Experiences of Ethnic Minority Status and Relationship Functioning in the Intimate Relationships of African Americans: Predicting Satisfaction and Stability.
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: Ethnic Minority Status and Relationship Functioning in African American/White Interracial Couples.
Courses
FMSC 260 Couple Relationships
FMSC 642 Normal and Abnormal Individual and Family Development
FMSC 651 Psychopathology in the Family Context
FMSC 658 Supervised Clinical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy
Career Highlights
- Faculty Associate, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park (2007)
- Muriel Sloan Communitarian Award, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park (2007)
- Elected President, African Americans Special Interest Group, Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy (2004)
- Hartman Child and Family Scholar (2004)
- Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, National Research Council (1998)
- Honorable Mention, Marriage and Family Therapy Minority Fellowship Program,
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (1995)
Selected Publications
Hampton, R. L., La Taillade, J. J., Marghi, J. R., & Dacey, A. (in press). Evaluating domestic violence interventions for Black women. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma.
La Taillade, J. J., Matthew, R., & Babcock, J. C. (in press). Prevention of intimate partner violence among African Americans. In R. Hampton & T. Gullotta (Eds.), Intervention and treatment of violence in African-American families. New London, CT: Child & Family Agency.
Hampton, R. L., Dacey, A., Marghi, J. R., & La Taillade, J. J. (in press). Evaluating domestic violence interventions for Black women. In O. Williams (Ed.), African American men and violence. University of Minnesota Press.
La Taillade, J. J. (2006). Considerations for treatment of African American coupe relationships. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 20, 341-358.
La Taillade, J. J., Epstein, N. B., & Werlinich, C. A. (2006). Conjoint treatment of intimate partner violence. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 20, 393-410
Epstein, N., Baucom, D. H., Hunt, W., & LaTaillade, J. J. (2002). Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy with couples. In F. W. Bond & W. Dryden (Eds.), Handbook of brief cognitive behaviour therapy (pp. 187-205). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Baucom, D. H., Epstein, N., & LaTaillade, J. J. (2002). Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy. In A. S. Gurman & N. S. Jacobson (Eds.), Clinical handbook of couple therapy (3rd ed., pp. 26-58). New York: Guilford.
Babcock, J. C., & La Taillade, J. J. (2000). Evaluating interventions for men who batter. In J. Vincent & E. N. Jouriles (Eds.), Domestic violence: Guidelines for research-informed practice (pp. 37-77). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
La Taillade, J. J., & Jacobson, N. S. (1997). Domestic violence: Antisocial behavior in the family. In D. M. Stoff, J. Breiling, & J. D. Maser (Eds.), Handbook of antisocial behavior (pp. 534-550). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Gottman, J. M., Jacobson, N. S., Rushe, R. H., Shortt, J. W., Babcock, J. C., La Taillade, J. J., & Waltz, J. (1995). The relationship between heart rate activity, emotionally aggressive behavior and general violence in batterers. Journal of Family Psychology, 9, 227-248.