VCU Social Psychology Program

Jessica Lynette Johnson

My current research and work experiences are related to HIV/AIDS and drug prevention in the African-American community.  I specialize in program development, implementation, and evaluation. I also have done previous work related to diversity, collectivism, helping behavior, and socioeconomic status.

Manuscript under review

Nasim, A., Belgrave, F., & Johnson, J. L. (Under review). The promotive and protective effects of family and school factors on sex attitudes and behaviors of African-American youth.

Presentations

Johnson, J. (2005, March). Study Strategies and Achievement Motivation in a PSI Course. Poster presented at Graduate Student Science Research Day, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

McCammon, S., Johnson, J., McDonnell, G., Morris, L, & Slate, C. (2005, November 18-20). Family Respite: A Model for Family/College Partnerships. Presentation at the Future Federation of Children’s Mental Health Conference (FFCMH), Washington, DC.

Johnson, J. (2006, May 25-27). Volunteerism: Formal vs. Informal Helping, Cultural Differences, and Implicit Person Theory. Poster presented at 18th Annual Association for Psychological Science Convention, New York, NY.

Johnson, J. (2006, August 10-13). Patterns of Giving: Culture, Implicit Person Theory, and Formal Volunteering vs. Informal Helping. Poster presented at the 114th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, New Orleans, LO.

Johnson, J. L., Fitzgerald, A., & Tademy, R. (2007, June 21-24). Gender differences in the impact of risk and protective factors on African-American adolescent sexual behavior. Paper invited to present at the Black Graduate Conference in Psychology, Washington, DC.

Johnson, J. L. (2007, August 17-20). Psychosocial predictors for sex attitudes and behaviors among African-American adolescents . Poster presented at the 115th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Johnson, J., Martin, L., Carew, N., & Belgrave F. (2008, April 15). Does Problem Behavior Theory apply to problem attitudes? Poster presented at the 11th Annual VCU Graduate Research Symposium, Richmond, VA.

Johnson, J., Nasim, A., Belgrave, F., & Corneille, M. (2008, May 28). Mediated moderation model of concurrent substance use Among African-American adolescents. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society of Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.

Belgrave, F., Butler, D., Nasim, A., Tademy, R., Clark T., Hood, K., & Johnson, J. (2008, November 11). Pathways to Smoking: Familial, Cultural, & Contextual Considerations. Presentation at the Friends of Prevention Coalition, Richmond, VA.

Teaching experience

• Developmental Psychology/Personalized Student Instruction (PSI) course, teaching assistant, undergraduate level
• Developmental Psychology, teaching assistant, undergraduate level
• Developmental Psychology, primary instructor, undergraduate level
• Introduction to Psychology, primary instructor, undergraduate level