founder and principal consultant
John Johnson, PhD
Dr. John Johnson is a Pennsylvania native and grew up in West Philadelphia. After graduating from Robert E. Lamberton public school, he began studying at Temple University while also working full-time at Cozen and O’Connor law offices in a litigation support role. A few years later, John would transfer to Pennsylvania State University to immerse himself in the study of social psychology. Taking a non-traditional route through higher education, John would accumulate a number of experiences in the ten years from his high school graduation to completing his undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Women’s Studies.
After undergrad, John attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where he would begin working in program evaluation through an assistantship with the Center for Collaboration in Education Development. After earning his masters in Educational Psychology, John traveled to California to begin a doctoral program in Social Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was the recipient of the University of California’s fellowship for diversity research (UC/ACCORD), established and managed his own research lab, conducted multi-campus research for the University of California system, and garnered institutional and national recognition for his scholarship and teaching. A regular presenter at regional and national conferences, Dr. Johnson is a sought after speaker and is currently working on a manuscript examining racecraft and representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Over the course of his career, John has engaged and connected with hundreds of extraordinary higher education professionals and HigherEdInclusion both emerges from and taps into that evolving braintrust. John regularly consults with and enlists the support of his colleagues from across the country to confront and address critical issues related to institutional equity and inclusion.
Chanel Meyers, Ph.D.
Dr. Meyers is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Oregon University and her Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Born and raised in Hawai‘i, she became interested in how racial diversity impacts how we deal with race. As a multiracial individual who has lived in Hawai‘i, Toronto, Washington, and now Oregon, she is interested in how our identity interacts with our contexts. Her program of research examines how increasing diversity in society shapes intergroup processes across contexts and groups. Using a social-cognitive approach, she examines how contexts and social norms influence cognition, behaviors, and social interactions, with a focus on racial diversity, race-related norms, and social perception.
Dr. Meyers uses a wide variety of methodologies in this research, including but not limited to qualitative interviews, eye-tracking, mouse-tracking, implicit measures, longitudinal surveys, and self-report measures. Her research highlights the experiences of underrepresented racial groups in psychology and builds theories within intergroup relations that are inclusive of these growing populations. She has been an invited speaker on anti-racist research and teaching practices within higher education. In addition to her scholarly work, she has hosted workshops on understanding microaggressions and unconscious bias for public and federal organizations.
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