Social Psychology James D. Johnson, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Education

• 1984, Ph.D., Indiana University. Social Psychology.
• 1980, B.A., A & T State University, Psychology.

Research Interests

• Factors affecting perceptions of sexual aggression
• Assessing the effects of factors which play a role in the development, maintenance, and consequences of intergroup stereotypes.

  Research opportunities for students

  • The role of the media in the maintenance of stereotypes.
  • Assessing the impact of factors which might moderate biased sexual and racial stereotypes.

Address

Dr. James D. Johnson
Department of Psychology
601 South College Rd. Wilmington, N.C., 28403
phone: 910-962-3066 
Fax: 910-962-7010
johnsonj@uncwil.edu

Selected Publications

      Anderson, C., Berkowitz, L., Donnerstein, E. , Huesmann, L., Johnson, J.D., Linz, D., Malamuth, N., & Wartella, E. (2003). The Influence of Media Violence on Youth.  Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 4, 81-110.

      Johnson, J, & Lecci, L. (2003). Assessing antiWhite attitudes among Blacks and predicting perceived racism: The Johnson-Lecci Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 299-312.

      Johnson, J, Simmons, C., Trawalter, S, & Ferguson, T.  (2003). Variation in Black Antiwhite Bias and Target Distancing Cues: Factors that Influence Perceptions of “Ambiguously Racist” Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , 29 , 609-622.

     Johnson, J., Simmons, C., Jordan, A. Maclean, L., Taddei, J., Thomas, D., Dovidio, J., & Reed, W. (2002). Rodney King and O.J. revisited: The impact of defendant empathetic induction on judicial decisions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1202-1223.

     Johnson, J., Noel, N., Sutter-Hernandez (2002). Alcohol and male acceptance of sexual aggression: The role of perceptual ambiguity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1186-2000.

     Johnson, J., Trawalter, S., & Dovidio, J. (2000). Converging interracial consequences to exposure to violent rap music. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 233-251.

     Johnson, J., Adams, M., Hall, W., & Ashburn, L. (1997). Race, media, & violence: Differential racial effects of exposure to violent news stories. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 19, 81-90.

     Johnson, J., Jackson, L.A., Gatto, L. (1995). Violent attitudes and deferred academic aspirations: Deleterious effects of exposure to rap music. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 16, 27-41

    Johnson, J., Whitestone, E., Jackson, L.A., Gatto, L. (1995). Justice is still not “colorblind”: Differential racial effects of exposure to inadmissible evidence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 893-898.

Curriculum vita