India R. Johnson, Ph.D.

India R. Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Psychology

Pronouns:
She/Her/Hers
Phone:
317-274-6762
Email:
irjohnso@iu.edu
Website:
https://www.indiarjohnsonphd.com/
Research Areas:
Clinical Psychology

Research

Current research interests

I am the principal investigator of the Transforming Health Research & Interventions Via Equity (THRIVE) Lab. As an intergroup relations researcher, my body of work examines evidence-based interventions to promote the success of singly and multiply marginalized persons across a variety of organizational environments. My lab primarily utilizes experimental methods, but also utilizes mixed-methods to identify strategies and behaviors that engender identity-safety, allyship, and other clinically relevant outcomes for marginalized persons.

My most recent projects have adopted an intersectional perspective and we have examined how pro-diversity interventions aimed at singularly marginalized persons (e.g., white women) are ineffective at signaling identity-safety among persons with intersecting, marginalized identities (e.g., Black women). I am also exploring how individuals can convey allyship to Black individuals in STEM and health contexts (e.g., Black birthing persons in maternal & reproductive clinical settings), and how allyship and identity-safety has implications for health outcomes and addressing health disparities.

Current undergraduate student(s):
  • Lydia Peterson, Diversity Research Program Scholar

Education

  • Ph.D., Psychology, The Ohio State University, Area: Social Psychology
  • M.A., Psychology, The Ohio State University
  • B.A., Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Publications & Professional Activity

Publications

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Professional Activity

  • 2025–present, Associate Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • 2022–present, Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • 2019–present, Editorial Board Member, Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • 2018–present, Founder & Principal Consultant, EVOLVE Diversity Consulting Services, LLC

Affiliations

  • Society of Experimental Social Psychology (Fellow)
  • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • Midwestern Psychological Association
  • Society for the Teaching of Psychology