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Dr. Jocelyn DeVance Taliaferro



Assistant Professor
Dept. of Social Work
N.C. State University
Campus Box 7639
1911 Building, Room 211
2400 Current Drive
Raleigh, NC 27695-7639
Office: (919) 513-1990

Department Community

  • Representative. CHASS Information Technology Committee, 2006- present
  • Representative. Library representatives, 2004 – present
  • Member. Social Work Department MSW Committee, 2004 - present
  • Member. Social Work Department Head Search Committee, 2007-2008
  • Advisor. Student Association of Black Social Workers, 2005
  • Member. Social Work Department Faculty Search Committee, 2006
  • Chair. Social Work Department Faculty Search Committee, 2004
  • Member. Social Work Department MSW Planning Committee, 2003-2004
  • Member. Social Work Department Faculty Search Committee, 2003
  • Member. Social Work Department Curriculum Committee, 2003-2004
  • Member. Social Work Department Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, 2003-2004

University Community

  • Speaker. Association for the Concerns of African American Graduate Students (ACAAGS) Annual Awards Banquet, April 2008
  • Member. Children of the NC National Guard Symposium Planning Committee, March 2008
  • Member. CHASS Diversity Task Force, 2007 - present
  • Member. NC Sate Institute for Nonprofits Academic Council, 2007- present
  • Member. Park Scholarship Service Advisory Committee, 2007 - present
  • Speaker. Phi Alpha, Induction Ceremony, North Carolina State University, October 2005
  • Invited Panelist. NC State Institute for Nonprofits National Experts Seminar Series: Moral Challenges Facing Nonprofits, September 2005
  • Presenter. NC State Institute for Nonprofits & Department of Social Work Community Research Forum, October 2005
  • Invited Presenter. NC State Institute for Nonprofits presentation to the North Carolina Community Foundation, November 2005
  • Member. NC State Admissions and Readmissions Committee, 2005-2007
  • Member. NC State Institute for Nonprofits Research Committee, 2004 - 2005
  • Member. College of Humanities and Social Sciences selection committee for the NC State University Awards for Excellence Program and Pride of the Wolfpack Awards Program, 2004
  • Roundtable Convener. North Carolina State University Institute for Nonprofits: Careers in the Nonprofit Sector: Making a Living/Making a Difference, April 2004
  • Roundtable Convener. National Association of Grant makers Meeting, April 2004
  • Facilitator. Making a Difference: Intercollegiate Student Conference on Ending Homelessness. St. Augustine College, April 2004
  • Sex Education Peer Counselor. Wellspring Student Health Services. University of Delaware. 1991 – 1992


External Community

  • Vice Chair. Board of Directors, Triangle Urban League, 2007- present
  • President. Triangle Urban League Young Professionals Network, 2005 – 2007
  • Secretary. Triangle Urban League Board of Directors, June 2005 - 2007
  • Speaker. National Honors Society Induction Ceremony, Western Senior High School, May 2006
  • Coordinator. Event Planning. World Overcomers Christian Church, 2004 - 2005
  • Panelist. University of Delaware Annual Diversity Weekend Alumni Panel, November 2003
  • Member. Board of Directors, Passage Home Community Development Corporation,
  • Raleigh, NC, 2004 - 2005
  • Chairperson. Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, Young Professionals, Political Participation Committee, 2000-2002
  • Chairperson. Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, Young Professionals, Membership Committee, 2002-2003
  • Director of Projects. New Antioch Baptist Church, 1998 - 2000
  • Member. Board of Directors, Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1997-1999
  • Chairperson. Baltimore City Mayor’s Mental Health Advisory Committee, 1998 - 1999.
  • Secretary. Baltimore City Mayor’s Mental Health Advisory Committee, 1996 - 1998.
  • Child and Adolescent Sub-committee Chair. Baltimore City Mayor’s Mental Health Advisory Committee, 1994 – 1997.
  • Member. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 1989 – present


Professional Community

  • Reviewer. Families in Society, 2008
  • Book Reviewer. Brooks/Cole- Cengage Learning, 2008
  • Member. Program Committee Urban Affairs Association, 2008-2009 Member. Urban Affairs Association, 1999 - present
  • Member. National Council on Family Relations, 2004
  • Member. CSWE History Group 50th Anniversary Celebration, 2003-2004
  • Member. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations, 2001-2004
  • Member. Black Mental Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Inc., 1993 -2004 Member. Council on Social Work Education, 2004
  • Member. Family Support America, 2001 – 2004