Jonathan Johnson, Ed.D., LMHC

Community Health Educator, Higher Education Leader and Social Justice Advocate with 15 years' experience. Committed to building strategic partnerships between community based organizations and Universities to enhance the students experience outside the classroom.

Measuring the Impact of Capoeira Participation on College Aged Men of Color: A Qualitative Study, North Eastern Illinois University, January 2023-Current 

• Conducted focus group interviews with coaches, students and community members to obtain a 360 view of the impact of capoeira participation on the health outcomes of college aged men of color.
• Create a multidisciplinary team to conduct thematic analysis for the focus groups and semi structured interviews.

Exploring Capoeira  as a Mechanism for Life Skills Development in Urban Youth, IDEAS Research Lab, University of Toronto, July 2023 

• Facilitate semi-structured interviews with instructors to explore how they incorporate life skills training in their martial arts classes.
• Facilitate semi structured interviews with students to identify correlations between skills development in martial arts and key life skills.

Exploring the Impacts of Campus Recreations Wellness Programming Series on College Students Sense of Belonging, City University of New York, July 2023

• Provide technical consultation on the design an implementation of a quantitative study of the impact of Campus Recreation led wellness series on college students sense of belonging.

Community Education Intern, Centro Para Los Adolescentes de San Miguel de Allende, San Miguel, Mexico, May 2004-August 2004

• Facilitated conversations for high school students on fostering healthy interpersonal relationships.
• Facilitated weekly time and stress management workshops for high school students.
• Facilitated team building activities for middle school students.

• Addressing Secondary Trauma in College Wellness Professionals, American College Health Association, November 2021
• Implementing an Equity Framework in Public Health Leadership, Society for Public Health Educators, October 2021
• QPR / Mental Health Literacy Training, Toronto Raptors, National Basketball Association, September 2021
• At the Table; Bridging the Gap Between Asian American and African American Men, Boys and Men of Color Summit , June 2021
• Mentoring Graduate Student and Early Career Professionals of Color : Society for Public Health Educators Annual Conference, April 2021
• Whose Job is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ember Conference 2020, Qualtrics XM, November 2020

Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Task Force

Society for Public Health Educators 6/2020- current

• Provided training to the Board of Directors on strategies for becoming an anti-racist organization.
• Conducted a 360 evaluation to determine the organizations success in adhering to the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion(DEI).
• Increased retention of under represented members by twenty percent.

Vice Chair of Convention Programs

American College Professionals Association 10/2020-current

• Design the first scholarship process to improve access for underrepresented populations.
• Review and select ten programs for the coalition to sponsor for the annual convention.
• Co-Manage the awards selection process for the annual conference.

Subcommittee Lead for the Equity Summit

University of Connecticut Health Disparities Institute 9/2020- 6/2021

• Co-designed the structure for the first summit on health equity for Boys and Men of Color
• Facilitated an ideas lab for community organizer looking to receive grant funding.

Question Persuade Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper Instructor

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

National Association of Sports Medicine Group Exercise Specialist ( NASM-GPTS)

Non Violence Practitioner, The King Center for Non Violent Social Change