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Sharon Johnson

photo of johnsonAssociate Professor
Ph.D. MSW, Washington University
204 Bellerive Hall
314- 516-6817
Sharon_Johnson@umsl.edu

Dr. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She received a BA in social work degree from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, an MSW and a Ph.D. in social work from Washington University, and a master of psychiatric epidemiology degree from Washington University’s School of Medicine. During her academic pursuits, She received the highly competitive Chancellor’s Fellowship, an NIMH Minority Supplement, and was selected to participate in an ICPSR competitive one-week summer institute on longitudinal analysis of criminal justice data. Her dissertation research was selected to receive a Social Work Dissertation Award and was presented at the prestigious Social Work Doctoral Research Symposium.

She has worked in the social work field as a case manager for adults with mild mental retardation who were living independently within the community and as a sentencing specialist for Missouri’s Public Defender System. She has several publications that focus on the mental health and social functioning of African Americans, adolescents, and urban samples. Dr. Johnson’s current research focuses on co-morbid substance use among adolescents, African Americans, and drug using populations. She is a Partner, Executive Board Member, and Chair of the Disadvantaged Youth Grant Initiative for St. Louis Social Venture Partners.

Special Interests: Adolescents, minority status

Recent Publications
Johnson, S., Davis, L., Williams, J. (2004). Enhancing social work practice with ethnic minority youth. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 24(6), 611-627.

Johnson, S. D., Phelps, D. L., & Cottler, L., (2004). The association of sexual dysfunction and substance use in a community epidemiological sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33(1), 55-63.

Johnson, S. D. Cunningham-Williams, R. & Cottler, L. (2003). A tripartite of HIV-risk for
African American Women: The Intersection of Drug use, Violence & Depression. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 70(2), 169-175.

Davis, L., Saunders, J., Johnson, S., Miller-Cribbs, J. & Scheuler-Whitaker, L. (2003).Predicting positive academic intentions among African American males and females. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33(11), 2306-2326

Johnson, S., North, C. & Smith, E. (2002). A three year study of psychiatric disorders after a courthouse shooting spree. Community Mental Health Journal, 38(3), 181-194.

Davis, L., Johnson, S., Miller-Cribbs, J. Cronen, S. & Whitaker, L. (2002). In Brief: Factors influencing African American youth decisions to remain in school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17(3), 223-234.

Miller-Cribbs, J., Cronen, S., Davis, L., & Johnson, S. (2002). Listening to African American students: An exploratory analysis of factors that foster academic success. Children & Schools, 24(3), 159-174.

Johnson, S. D. Cunningham-Williams, R. & Cottler, L. (2003). A tripartite of HIV-risk for African American Women: The Intersection of Drug use, Violence & Depression. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 70(2), 169-175.

RESEARCH GRANTS
Principal Investigator, NIMH 1 K01 MH067771-01. “Developmental Psychopathology andMaternal Substance Use” ($690,790), 2004-09