Faculty Expert Profile
Odis Johnson, Jr.
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity
- Director, Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, and Mixed Methodologies
- Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools
Media Representatives
- Name
- Jill Rosen
- jrosen@jhu.edu
- Office phone
- 443-997-9906
- Cell phone
- 443-547-8805
Odis Johnson, Jr.
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity
- Director, Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, and Mixed Methodologies
- Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools
Languages spoken
- English
Odis Johnson Jr. studies the intersection of social policy, racial justice and education. Leading the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, he's researched school violence including school shootings.
A recent study of his linked intense school security measures with lower test scores and lower likelihood of college attendance.
Johnson's work has been featured in media outlets including CNN, The Washington Post, MSNBC, NPR, Teen Vogue, The Associated Press, Vox, The New Yorker, The New York Times and NBC News.
