- Phone:
- 317-274-6762
- Email:
- irjohnso@iu.edu
- Department:
- Psychology
- Campus:
- IU Indianapolis
LD 100A
LD 100A
Ph.D., Social Psychology; Minors Quantitative Psychology & African American Studies, 2012, The Ohio State University
M.A., Social Psychology, 2009, The Ohio State University
B.A., Psychology; Minor Sociology, McNair & Honors Scholar, Magna cum Laude with Honors in Psychology, 2007, Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Current Research:
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 and allyship for marginalized persons.
My most recent projects have adopted an intersectional perspective and we have examined how 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, and how allyship and identity-safety has implications for health outcomes and addressing health inequities. My collaborators include other faculty in the department of psychology (i.e., Dr. Veronica Derricks) as well as faculty with previous connections to the department of psychology (i.e., Dr. Leslie Ashburn-Nardo and Dr. Eva Pietri). I have also begun recent collaborations with faculty in the Indiana University School of Medicine and faculty in psychology’s clinical area to further expand my program of research to addressing racial health disparities (e.g., maternal health outcomes among Black birthing persons).
I am also the founder and principal consultant at EVOLVE Diversity Consulting, which I founded in 2018. Finally, I am a mother of four amazing daughters, whom I share with my best friend and husband, Ricky Courtney. You can learn more about me and my work at www.indiarjohnsonphd.com
Select Publications:
Lewis, A. N.*, Pietri, E. S., & Johnson, I. R. (2023). Close but not quite: Exploring the role of shared discrimination in racial outgroup identity-safety cues for Black women. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 104. Advance online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104399
Mosier, A. E.*, Pietri, E. S., & Johnson, I. R.(2022).Inspiring visibility: Exploring the role of identification and solidarity for alleviating Black women’s invisibility in politics. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221105426
Derricks, V., Johnson, I. R., & Pietri, E. S. (2022). Black (patients’) lives matter: Exploring the role of identity-safety cues in healthcare settings among Black Americans. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053221090850
Johnson, I. R., & Pietri, E. S. (2022). Ally endorsement: Exploring allyship cues to promote perceptions of allyship and positive STEM beliefs among White female students. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221080467
Johnson, I. R., Pietri, E. S., Buck, D., & Daas, R.* (2021). What’s in a pronoun? Exploring gender pronouns as an organizational identity-safety cue among sexual and gender minorities. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 104194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104194
Johnson, I. R., & Pietri, E. S. (2020). An ally you say? Endorsing White women as allies to encourage perceptions of allyship and organizational identity-safety among Black women. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220975482
Johnson, I. R., Pietri, E. S., Fullilove, F., & Mowrer, S. (2019). Exploring identity-safety cues and allyship among Black women students in STEM environments. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 42, 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684319830926