Dawn M. Johnson
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor: Counseling Psychology
Contact Information
Office: Arts and Science Building, room 356
Phone: (330) 972-2505
Email: johnsod@uakron.edu
Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2001. Afterwards, she completed a 2-year NIMH funded postdoctoral research fellowship focusing on clinical trials for PTSD at the Brown University School of Medicine in 2003. She then served as Clinic Coordinator and core faculty at the Summa-Kent State Center for the Treatment and Study of Traumatic Stress for five years. She joined the department of psychology at the University of Akron in 2008. Her research interests include intimate partner violence, PTSD, trauma and abuse, and treatment outcome research. She currently has funding from NIMH supporting her research on the treatment of PTSD in recently abused women living in domestic violence shelters.
Johnson, D. M., & Zlotnick C. (in press). HOPE for battered women with PTSD in domestic violence shelters. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.
Wright, C. V., & Johnson, D.M. (in press). Correlates for legal helpseeking: Socio-cultural factors for battered women in shelter. Violence and Victims.
Johnson, D. M., Zlotnick, C., & Perez, S. (2008). The relative contribution of abuse severity and PTSD severity on the psychiatric and social morbidity of battered women in shelters. Behavior Therapy, 39, 232-241.
Johnson, D. M., Delahanty, D., & Pinna, K. (2008). The cortisol awakening response as a function of PTSD severity and abuse chronicty in sheltered battered women. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 793-800.
Perez, S., & Johnson, D. M. (2008). PTSD compromises battered women’s future safety. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23, 635-651.
Johnson, D. M., & Zlotnick, C. (2007). Utilization of Mental Health Treatment and Other Services in Sheltered Battered Women. Psychiatric Services, 58, 1595-1597.
Johnson, D. M., Palmieri, P. A., Jackson, A. P. & Hobfoll, S. E. (2007). Emotional numbing weakens abused inner-city women’s resiliency resources. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 197-206.
Johnson, D. M., & Zlotnick, C. (2006). A cognitive-behavioral treatment for battered women with PTSD in shelters: Findings from a pilot study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19, 559-564.
Zlotnick, C., Johnson, D. M., & Kohn, R. (2006). Intimate partner violence and long-term psychosocial functioning in a national sample of American women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 262-275.
Dr. Johnson's Vita
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