Jeannette Johnson Senior Research Scientist Degree: Ph.D., Psychology, University of Vermont Phone: 410-837-3977 ext. 255 Fax: 410-752-4218 Email: jjohnson@frisrc.org

Research Interests

Dr. Johnson is currently a Senior Research Scientist at FRI. Additionally, she holds a Research Faculty Appointment in the School of Social Work, University at Buffalo and teaches in the Dept. of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park as an adjunct faculty member.  In the past she was the Director of the Center on Research for Children and Families at the University of Buffalo, Director of Research in the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland, and Special Assistant to the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.  She is a cross-cultural psychologist who has extensive experience in community based treatment and prevention research, with an emphasis on understanding the role of risk and protective factors.  Dr. Johnson (Huron) has extensive experience with Native American communities.  Most recently, she has received a grant from SAMHSA to implement substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis prevention programming with urban Indians in Baltimore, MD.  She also helped develop a recognized evidence-based program, the Native American Prevention Project against AIDS and Substance Abuse (NAPPASA), a multi-component prevention program targeting the prevention of AIDS, alcohol, and other drug abuse in Native American youth.

Dr. Johnson's research has centered around the effects of high risk environments on individuals, families, and the communities in which they live.  She has extensive administrative and scientific experience both managing and conducting research for high risk populations and has more than 20 years experience in the drug abuse field involving study in both treatment and prevention programming.  She has administered large-scale evaluations of treatment programs serving a wide range of clients. While serving as the Director of the Division on Drug Abuse Research and Program Evaluation at the University of Maryland, she was awarded funds to conduct a three-year evaluation of the City of Baltimore’s substance abuse treatment system. Over 1,000 adult male and female substance users entering treatment in 16 publicly funded substance use treatment programs in the City of Baltimore between 1998 and 1999 were evaluated at four time periods over one year with a comprehensive psychological battery.  The evaluation targeted outcomes of the treatment services such as client improvement in health and well-being, reduction in drug use, ill health, criminality, and improvement in the social productivity of individual participants in treatment community.  Overall, statistically significant differences across time showed improvement as a result of substance use treatment.  Drug and alcohol use among the participants was significantly reduced as early as 30 days after treatment.  The result of this evaluation led to Dr. Johnson’s Congressional testimony on the positive effects of substance abuse treatment.  Additional grant-supported research has involved understanding barriers to substance abuse treatment in the Latino population and extensive work with populations in the South Pacific.  Dr. Johnson’s prior work has also involved the development of prevention program implementation manuals for HIV/AIDs, substance abuse, and pregnancy, as well as providing the training associated with the prevention program.

Selected Publications

Marsella, A. J., Johnson, J. L., Watson, P. & Gryczynski, J. (Eds. ) (forthcoming). Disaster mental health: Field guidelines for Ethnocultural minorities. International and Cultural Psychology Book Series. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.

Moe, J., Johnson, J. L. & Wade, W. (in press). Resilience in children of substance abusers: in their own words. Journal of Substance Use and Misuse.

Johnson, J. L., Vandermark, N. (2007). Ethical issues in prevention research. In S. Einstein & J. Kleinig (Eds. ). Ethical interventions into drug use (pp. 259-280). Huntsville, TX: Office of International Criminal Justice (OICJ), Sam Houston State University, Criminal Justice Center.

Godlawski, T., Johnson, J. L. & Haring, R. C. (2007). Reflections on ethical issues in research with Aboriginal peoples. In S. Einstein & J. Kleinig (Eds. ). Ethical interventions into drug use (pp. 281-306). Huntsville, TX: Office of International Criminal Justice (OICJ), Sam Houston State University, Criminal Justice Center.

Johnson, J. L. (2006). Native American youth and the media. In J. J. Arnett (Ed. ). Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Pub.

Johnson, J. L. (2006). Cultural identity and the media. In J. J. Arnett (Ed. ). Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Johnson, J. L. & Wiechelt, S. A. (2004). The special issue of resilience. Journal of Substance Use and Misuse, 39(5), 707-720.

Werner, E. E. & Johnson, J. L. (2004). The role of caring adults in the lives of children of alcoholics. Journal of Substance Use and Misuse, 39(5), 749-770.

Johnson, J. L., Wiechelt, S. A., Schwartz, R. & Ahmed, A. (2003). Outcomes for substance abuse treatment in women: Results from the Baltimore City Treatment Evaluation Study, Journal of Substance Use and Misuse, 38 (11-13), 1807-1829.

Mancuso, R. & Johnson, J. L. (2003). The efficacy of adolescent peer mentoring in HIV/AIDS Programs. Journal of the National Peer Helpers Association, 19(1), 63-71.

Rolf, J. E., Nansel, T. R., Baldwin, J., Johnson, J. & Benally, C. (2002). HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention in American Indian Communities: Behavioral and community effects. In, P. Mail, S. H-R, S. Martin, and J. Howard (Eds. ) Research in American Indian/Alaska Native Alcohol Use: Multiple Perspectives on a Complex Problem. NIAAA Research Monograph, 37, pp. 295-319. NIH Publication No. 02-4231, DHHS, Bethesda, MD pp 295-319.

Johnson, J. L. & Cameron, M. (2001). Barriers to providing effective mental health services to American Indians. Mental Health Services Research, 3(4), 215-223.

Johnson, J. L., Plemons, B. W., Reyes, R., Starr, E., Latimer, A., Fleming, C. & Trimble, J. (2001). Native American perceptions of the National Association for Native American Children of Alcoholics: In their own words. In J. E. Trimble & F. Beauvais (Eds. ) Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Issues in Cultural Competence. Cultural Competence Series 9, Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, pp. 159-202.

Glantz, M. & Johnson, J. L. (1999). Resilience and development: Positive life adaptations. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Johnson, J. L. & Leff, M. (1999). Children of substance abusers: Overview of research findings. American Academy of Pediatrics, 103(5), 1085-1099.

Baldwin, J., Rolf, J. E., Johnson, J. L., Bowers, J., Benally, C. & Trotter, R. (1996). Stages and methods of developing culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention curricula for Native Americans. Journal of School Health, 66(9), 322-327.

Johnson, J. L., Sher, K. J. & Rolf, J. E. (1992). Models of vulnerability to psychopathology in children of alcoholics: An overview. Alcohol Health and Research World, 15(1), 33-42.

Johnson, J. L. (1990-1991). Preventive interventions for children at risk. International Journal of the Addictions, 25(4A), 429-434.

Johnson, J. L., Boney, T. Y. & Brown, B. (1990-1991). Evidence of depressive symptoms in children of substance abusers. International Journal of Addictions, 25(4A), 465-479.

Johnson, J. L. & Rolf, J. E. (1988). Cognitive performance patterns in children of alcoholics. British Journal of Addiction, 83, 849-857.

Johnson, J. L. (1999).commentary: Resilience as transactional equilibrium. In M. Glantz, & J. L. Johnson (Eds. ), Resilience and development: Positive life adaptations (pp. 229-250). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Werner, E. E. and Johnson, J. L. (1999). Can we apply resilience? In M. Glantz and J. L. Johnson (Eds. ), Resilience and development: Positive life adaptations (pp. 259-268). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

Lazlo, A. & Johnson, J. L. (1990). AIDS education for high-risk youth: Assessing the present, planning for the future. McLean, VA: The Circle, Inc.