Jarrel T. Johnson portrait
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership&Policy
801-585-1378

Publications

  • Jarrel T. Johnson & Leslie D. Hall and Raphael D. Florestal-Kevelier (2024). Practical insights from the Human Rights Campaign’s HBCU PrEP peer educator program. Journal of LGBT Youth. 1-8. Published, 01/11/2024.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2023.2297270
  • Jarrel T. Johnson & Adrien Barrios, Taylor Johnson (2023). Illuminating the opportunities and challenges of institutionalizing queer and trans* student inclusion at historically Black colleges and universities. Innovative Higher Education. 1-19. Published, 12/26/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-023-09688-z
  • Jarrel T. Johnson & Raphael D. Florestal-Kevelier (2023). Brother, We Got You: A collective impact approach to addressing Black college men’s mental health. . Routledge. Accepted, 10/20/2023.
  • Jarrel T. Johnson (2022). [Review of the Book Urban Preparation: Young Black Men Moving from Chicago’s South Side to Success in Higher Education by Chezare A. Warren] . (pp. 569-570). Journal of Negro Education. Published, 09/01/2022.
  • Jarrel T. Johnson, McEderry, S. Hernandez Rivera (Eds.) & Jones, Tyanez (2022). Health Equity Now: Leveraging Critical Consciousness to Shape Health Equity for Black queer and trans* students on Predominately White Campuses. . Information Age Publishing. Accepted, 05/25/2022.
  • Wallace, J.K.,J. McEderry, S. Hernandez Rivera (Eds.) & Johnson, J.T., Ford, J.R (2022). For Us, By Us: Unpacking Research with and for Black Students in Higher Education as Early Career Black Men Faculty. Information Age Publishing. Accepted, 05/25/2022.
  • Johnson, J.T./Johnson, J.M., Mobley, S., Njoku, N., Patton, LD (Eds.) (2022). A Manifesto for Queer and Trans* Student Inclusion at HBCUs. . Rutgers University Press. Accepted, 01/19/2022.

Research Statement

My research agenda is primarily concerned with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in higher education. I employ qualitative methodologies and critical and organizational theories to broadly: 1) explore how students, faculty, and staff social identities (e.g., race, gender, sexuality, class, religious identities) intersect and influence their time in higher education environments and 2) conduct organizational analyses of the role, and responsibility higher education institutions play in facilitating the experiences of historically underrepresented students, faculty, and staff. Together, I use these two strands to illuminate the complexities of institutional members' identities, describe their lived experiences, and hold institutions accountable for advancing policies and practices that promote equity, diversity, and inclusion.

 

Research Keywords

  • | LGBTQ college student issues
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • Higher Education Leadership, Innovation, and Change
  • Grounded Theory Methods
  • Critical Theory
  • College Access and Success
  • Case Study Methods
  • Black queer theory frameworks
  • Autoethnography

Presentations

  • Johnson, J.T. (April 2024) The Evidence of Quares (Un)Seen: A Theory of Black Quare Placemaking and Spatial Justice-Liberation at HBCUs. Conceptual paper to be presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Conference Paper, Accepted, 11/10/2023.
  • Dunn, D.T., Wallace, J., Johnson, J.T., (Rejected) Does this make me look manly? Respectability Politics Govern Black Queer Men Bodies. Conceptual paper considered for the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Conference Paper, Other, 11/10/2023.
  • Johnson, J.T, Stone, B.D., Campbell, J., Greer, C.J., Senior, B.P. (April 2024) Elevating the Scholar Identities of Black Men in Education. Research paper under consideration for the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Conference Paper, Accepted, 11/10/2023.
  • Johnson, J.T., Dunn, D., Hodges, Q., Barrios, A., Ford, J.R. (April 2024) This Is an HBCU Renaissance: A Systematic Literature Review of LGBTQ+ Issues at HBCUs and Future Directions. Research paper under consideration for the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Conference Paper, Accepted, 11/10/2023.
  • Co-Presenter, Grant Writing. The Council on Ethnic Participation Mentor-Protégé Program. (November 2023) . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/08/2023.
  • Facilitator, Creating an Inclusive Campus for LGBTQIA+ Students at HBCUs. Harris-Stowe State University. (June 2023) . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/21/2023.
  • Johnson, J.T. (2023, July) Black, Queer, Trans*, and Thriving: A Holistic Student Success at HBCUs. Conference workshop presentation presented at the United Negro College Fund annual UNITE Conference, Atlanta, GA. Presentation, Presented, 06/06/2023.
  • Guest Speaker, LGBTQ Inclusion is for You Too: Embodying Inclusive Practices as Veterinarians. University of Minnesota. (February 2023) . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/21/2023.
  • Johnson, J.T. (2022, November). Illuminating the Role of HBCU Stakeholders Play in Mobilizing Queer and Trans* Student Inclusion Efforts [Paper presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference 2022, Las Vegas, Nevada. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/19/2022.
  • Johnson, J.T. (2022, November 12). Lead & Liberate: Implementing Transformative Change Through Policy, Programs, and Services. [Presentation]. Human Rights Campaign Foundation: National HBCU Leadership Summit Leading In Truth, Washington, D.C. Presentation, Presented, 11/12/2022.

Research Groups

  • Johnson Research Collective for Transformational Education , Research Professor. 08/01/2022 - present.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Quaring HBCUs: A Case Study Investigating and Theorizing Queer and Trans* Student Inclusion at Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities . PI: Jarrel Johnson. National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation , 08/03/2020 - 05/19/2021. Total project budget to date: $27,500.00