NCID-1772
Royel M. Johnson
"Associate Professor of Higher Education & Director of Student Engagement
Pennsylvania State University
Education/Degree:
1 Higher Education and Student Affairs (The Ohio State University)
About
Royel M. Johnson is on the faculty in the department of educational eolicy studies and African American studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a research associate at the center for the study of higher education. His research interests broadly focus on issues related to educational access, equity, and student success, with attention to its intersections with race, gender, and other axes of social inequality. He has published over 30 academic publications that appear in a wide range of scholarly and practitioner-focused outlets such as Urban Education, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, and Journal of College Student Development. For his early career accomplishments, ACPA?College Educators International honored him with its Emerging Scholar Award in 2020.
Current Work
Dr. Johnson's work aims to understand and address the factors that inhibit success for underserved and vulnerable student populations. For instance, over the past 5 years he has examined how experience in the foster care system influences the academic and social outcomes of youth. Empirical findings and conceptual advances from his body of work on youth in foster care will be featured in a sole authored book for Teachers College Press’ Multicultural Education series titled "Family Matters: The college-going experiences of youth in foster care".
Research Area Keyword(s)
carcerality, child welfare, College Access, diversity, juvenile justice, racial equity, student success