Q+A Education and racial justice expert Odis Johnson joins Johns Hopkins
He is the principal investigator of a national study of fatal interactions with police and an expert in educational disparities By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published Dec 16, 2020
Odis Johnson, a leading researcher of social inequality in America and an expert in sociology and education, will join Johns Hopkins Jan. 1 as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of social policy and STEM equity. Odis Johnson is a highly productive social scientist whose work at the intersection of education, public safety, and public health demonstrates the value of truly interdisciplinary, collaborative research, says Johns Hopkins Provost Sunil Kumar. I am confident that, as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, he will be very effective at connecting scholars across disciplines to open new avenues of research here at Johns Hopkins.