Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., PhD

Professor and Vice Provost

University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Diversity and Inclusion and Faculty Development

Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice and serves as Vice Provost for Diversity + Inclusion and Faculty Development at the University of Chicago. He previously served as Crown Family School Deputy Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. His scholarship examines the life course statuses of urban Black males, including paternal involvement among nonresident males, the social construction of masculinity among adolescent and young adult males and the relationship between urbanicity and Black males’ health statuses. He is the editor of Social Work with African American Males: Health, Mental Health and Social Policy (2010, OUP). His active research affiliations include the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health and the HHS Framing Responsible Fatherhood Technical Working Group. He was affiliated with the Parents and Children Together (PACT) Study. He served as a member of the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network Advisory Board, Poverty, Transitions to Adulthood Network, ACF/OPRE Welfare Research and Family Self-Sufficiency Technical Working Group, and the Working Group on Health Disparities in Men and Boys of the American Psychological Association. In addition to the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, Johnson’s university affiliations include the Center for Study of Gender & Sexuality and Fellow of the Center for Health Administration Studies. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry. His professional affiliations include the National Association of Social Workers, National Association of Black Social Workers, Society for Research on Child Development, Society for Social Work and Research and the Council on Social Work Education. He is a Fellow of the American Academy for Social Work and Social Welfare.