Adanna Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 222G
Telephone: 410-617-2537
E-mail: AJJohnson@loyola.edu

Education:

• B.S. (Psychology with minor in Spanish, Magna Cum Laude),
  Prarie View A&M University, 1999 
• M.A. (Counseling with Community Emphasis),
  Marquette University, 2001
• Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology),
  Marquette University 2005

Scholarly Interests:

Involved in multicultural research and recruitment and retention
activities for students of color in higher education. Clinical work
has focused on helping children and adolescents and their families
better understand themselves and each other. Holistic approach to
psychology in which she teaches her clients to find balance between
spirit, mind and body in order to address concerns in their everyday
lives. Begun a new line of research in the use of traditional African
healing modalities in a modern therapeutic context. 

Representative Publications:

Knox, S., Burkard, A. W., Johnson, A. J., Ponterotto, J. & Suzuki, L. 
     (2003). Effects of addressing race in African American and 
     European American cross-racial psychotherapy dyads. 
     Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 2, 466-481.

Burkard, A.W., Johnson, A. J., Madison, M. B., Pruitt, N. T., 
     Contreras-Tadych, D. A., Kowlowski, J. M., Hess, S. A. & 
     Knox, S. (2006). Supervisor cultural responsiveness and |
     unresponsiveness in cross-cultural supervision. 
     Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 3, 288-301. 

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