Adanna J. Johnson

Dr. Adanna J. Johnson is the Associate Vice President for Student Equity and Inclusion. In this role, Dr. Johnson provides leadership for the Office of Student Equity and Inclusion (OSEI), including the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, the Community Scholars Program, the Disability Cultural Center, the LGBTQ Resource Center, and the Women's Center. The OSEI oversees a broad range of work focused on student access and success, on our diversity and inclusion work with students, and in contributing to Georgetown’s work with the American Talent Initiative. She convenes two university-wide councils addressing these vital areas. She is also an Affiliate Faculty member in the Psychology Department at Georgetown. Dr. Johnson has had a distinguished career in higher education. For 10 years, she was a member of the Loyola University Maryland faculty as an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the African and African American Studies Program at Loyola University Maryland. At Loyola, she also co-chaired the institutional Racial Justice Training Implementation. Dr. Johnson completed her undergraduate work at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and both her Master’s and Ph.D. work at Marquette University. She has published extensively on a range of topics, with a particular focus on cultural competence and the use of artistic approaches to healing as well as recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups in higher education. Her long clinical experience working with clients further deepens the perspectives she will bring to this work. Dr. Johnson also has a history of extensive service in professional associations and on local community boards. Acknowledgments of her work include being named Mentor of the Year by the Maryland Psychological Association of Graduate Students (2015); and receiving a certificate of appreciation from the city of Baltimore for her community healing work following the Baltimore Uprisings from then-Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C (2016); and being recognized by the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology with their Ethnic and Racial Diversity Individual Award.