Updated 12/27/2013 Brian M. Johnston 1 Brian M. Johnston 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 6304.01 New York, NY 10016 Phone: (856) 220-5588 Email: bjohnston1@gc.cuny.edu Website: https://sites.google.com/site/psychologybrianmjohnston/ Education 2010-Present PhD, Social / Personality Psychology, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) (in progress) 2008-2010 MA, Psychology, Rutgers University, Summa Cum Laude, Thesis with Distinction 2006-2008 BA, Psychology, University of South Florida, Magna Cum Laude 2003-2006 AS, Music (classical guitar), Burlington County College, Magna Cum Laude Research & Teaching Positions 2011-Present 2010-Present Quantitative Reasoning Fellow, Social / Personality Psychology, Graduate Center, CUNY Junior Research Scientist, Opportunities for Equitable Access to Quality Basic Education (OPEQ), Department of Applied Psychology, New York University Research Assistant to Demis Glasford, Intergroup Relations and Social Change Psychology Research Lab, John Jay College, CUNY 2014 Adjunct Instructor, Social Psychology, winter semester, John Jay College, CUNY 2013 Adjunct Instructor, Experimental Psychology, summer semester, City College of New York, CUNY 2013 Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Psychology, spring semester, John Jay College, CUNY 2012 Adjunct Instructor, The Social Psychology of Racism & Prejudice, fall semester, City College of New York, CUNY 2010-2012 Science Fellow, Social / Personality Psychology, Graduate Center, CUNY 2008-2010 Research Fellow & Research Assistant to Ira Roseman, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University
Brian M. Johnston 2 2007-2008 Research Assistant to Brooke Butler, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida Grants 2013-2014 Principal Investigator, Doctoral Student Research Grant, Graduate Center, CUNY Project title: Intergroup threat and bias: A nuanced approach to understanding how specific intergroup threats cause unique forms of bias. 2012 Doctoral Student Conference Presentation Support Grant, Graduate Center, CUNY Project title: Are some emotions more politically potent than others? Publications Manuscripts Under Review Johnston, B. M., & Glasford, D. E. (under review). A threat-emotion profile approach to explaining active versus passive harm in intergroup relations. Social Psychology. Research & Technical Reports Jones-Brown, D., Stoudt, B. G., Johnston, B. M., & Moran, K. (2013). Stop, question, and frisk policing practices in New York City: A primer (revised). Retrieved from the John Jay College, Center on Race, Crime, and Justice website: http://stopandfriskinfo.org/content/uploads/2013/06/ Stop_Question_Frisk-Primer_Revised.pdf Torrente, C., Aber, J. L., Johnston, B. M., Shivshanker, A., & Annan, J. (2012). Opportunities for equitable access to quality basic education (OPEQ) baseline report: Results from the socio-emotional wellbeing and perceptions of school context data in Katanga Province, DRC. Retrieved from the New York University, OPEQ website: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsadmin/media/users/ cet254/opeq_sel_report_final_9-6-2012.pdf Torrente, C., Aber, J. L., Witteveen, D., Gupta, T., Johnston, B. M., Shivshanker, A., Annan, J., & Bundervoet, T. (2012). Opportunities for equitable access to quality basic education (OPEQ) baseline report: Teacher survey results. Retrieved from the New York University, OPEQ website: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsadmin/media/users/eez206/opeq/opeq_teacher_survey_bl_r eport_drc_2012-08-14.pdf Johnston, B. M. (2010). Emotion regulation and prejudice reduction (Master s thesis). Retrieved from http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/27157/ Presentations Symposia Torrente, C., Johnston, B. M., Seidman, E., & Gross, A. (2014, March). Improving learning environments and children s socio-emotional wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Preliminary
Brian M. Johnston 3 results from a cluster randomized trial. In J. L. Aber (Chair), Evaluating the impact of an educational intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Early results from a large schoolrandomized trial. Symposium to be conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. Starkey, L., Aber, J. L., & Johnston, B. M. (2014, March). Improving Congolese children s early math and reading ability: Preliminary results from a cluster randomized trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In J. L. Aber (Chair), Evaluating the impact of an educational intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Early results from a large school-randomized trial. Symposium to be conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. Torrente, C., Johnston, B. M., Aber, J. L., & Seidman, E. (2013, May). Treatment heterogeneity as a function of school socio-emotional climate in a cluster-randomized trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In How social setting characteristics moderate prevention approaches and effects. Poster symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. Jacobson, E., Torrente, C., Johnston, B. M., Aber, J. L. (2013, March). Measuring protective and risk factors as part of an impact evaluation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In C. Torrente (Chair), Measurement challenges and advances in the context of a rigorous impact evaluation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society. Johnston, B. M. (2012, October). How perceived intergroup threat can lead to bias: The mediating role of emotions. In M. Fine (Chair), Bodies and the body politic: Conflicts, solidarities, and the contributions of psychology. Symposium conducted at the Social / Personality Psychology Colloquium Series, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. Johnston, B. M. (2011, February). Sexism and the struggle for equality: Individualistic versus contextual perspectives. In J. Clegg (Chair), Suppression, oppression, and activist scholarship in 20th century American psychology: Work from the CUNY graduate lab in the history of social and personality psychology. Symposium conducted at the Social / Personality Psychology Colloquium Series, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. Poster Presentations Roseman, I. J., Johnston, B. M., Garguilo, S. P., Floman, J. L., Bryant, A. D., Frazier, I. R., Johnston, G., & Nugent, M. K. (2013, March). Emotions mediate effects of perceptions of candidates in presidential debates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY. Roseman, I. J., Johnston, B. M., Garguilo, S. P., Floman, J. L., Bryant, A. D., Frazier, I. R., & Nugent, M. K. (2012, May). Are some emotions more politically potent than others? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL. Johnston, B. M., & Roseman, I. J. (2011, May). Relationships between discrete emotions and sexual orientation prejudice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.
Brian M. Johnston 4 Garguilo, S. P., Johnston, B. M., Roseman, I. J., & Bryant, A. D. (2010, March). The effects of discrete emotions on the perceptions of political candidates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY. Invited Talks & Guest Lectures Starkey, L., & Johnston, B. M. (2013, April). Cluster-randomized trial of a large-scale education initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Challenges & lessons. Guest lecture for an undergraduate course, Child Development and Social Policy in a Global Society, at New York University, New York, NY. Johnston, B. M. (2012, November). Attack or Exclusion? A Threat-Emotion Profile Approach to Understanding Intergroup Bias. Invited talk at the Basic and Applied Social Psychology Colloquium Series, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. Johnston, B. M. (2011, March). Discussion on the decline effect in quantitative social / personality psychology. Invited panel discussant at the Social / Personality Psychology Colloquium Series, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. Johnston, B. M. (2010, May). Emotion regulation and prejudice reduction. Invited talk at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. Research Methods & Quantitative Training Research Experience, Coursework, & Workshops Social Psychological Laboratory & Field Research, Internet Survey Research, Intervention Research, International Research, OLS Regression, Psychometrics, Categorical Data Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Structural Equation Modeling, Meta-Analysis Statistical Programming Experience SPSS, SAS, R, HLM, LISREL, MPlus Statistical Consulting 2012-2013 SPSS and statistics workshop for community health researchers, The Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. 2012 SAS and statistics workshop for undergraduate and graduate research assistants, OPEQ, New York University 2011-2013 Investigation of the efficacy of New York State 2009 Rockefeller Drug Law Reform, New York Civil Liberties Union
Brian M. Johnston 5 2011-2013 Analyzing large public data sets documenting NYPD Stop, Question, Frisk, & Search policing practices, Center on Race, Crime, and Justice, John Jay College, CUNY Academic Service Ad Hoc Reviewer, New School Psychology Bulletin 2011-2013 Admissions Committee, graduate student member, Social / Personality Psychology Doctoral Program, Graduate Center, CUNY 2011 CUNY Annual Psychology Pedagogy Conference Finance Committee, graduate student member, Graduate Center, CUNY 2010-2011 Curriculum Committee, graduate student member, Social / Personality Psychology Doctoral Program, Graduate Center, CUNY 2008-2010 Cofounder and Vice President of the Graduate Psychology Club, Rutgers University Mentored Students Master s Students 2012-Present 2012-Present Gabriel Johnston, Rutgers University Kate Stott, John Jay College, CUNY 2012-2013 Emily Jacobson, New York University Undergraduate Students Dalida Rovcanin, John Jay College, CUNY 2010-2011 Caitlyn Aubel, Edward Bogus, Kellie Campbell, Stephanie Lowe, Lina Rey, John Jay College, CUNY Professional Affiliations American Psychological Association (APA) Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics (Division 5) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8) Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues (Division 44) Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Division 9) Association for Psychological Science (APS) Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)