Research & Publications

Kisker, C. B., White, C. C., King, S., Johnson, J., & Bowlin, W. (2025). A landscape analysis of civic and community engagement in community colleges: Results from the 2024 AmeriCorps Civic Engagement among Community Colleges Project (ACECCP). College of Education (CoE) Publications, 103.

Johnson, J., & Alvarez, J. (2024). Social Emotional Learning Survey and Observation Tools for STEM Project-Based Learning: Technical Document. [White paper].

Johnson, J., & White, C. C. (2019). Evaluation Report: Career and College Ready Graduates pilot implementation in GEAR UP NC High Schools. GEAR UP NC.

Sparks, E., Johnson, J., & Akos, P. (2010). Dropouts: Finding the needles in the haystacks. Educational Leadership, 67(5).

White, C. C., & Johnson, J. (2018). Change management in K–12 education for data-driven decisions: Moving from professional judgment to evidence. In E. G. Mense & M. Crain-Dorough (Eds.), Data leadership for K–12 schools in a time of accountability (1st ed., pp. 54–74). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Stiff, L. V., & Johnson, J. L. (2011). Mathematical reasoning and sense making begins with the opportunity to learn. In M. E. Strutchens & J. R. Quander (Eds.), Focus in high school mathematics: Fostering reasoning and sense making for all students (pp. 85–100). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Stiff, L. V., Johnson, J. L., & Akos, P. (2011). Examining what we know for sure: Tracking in middle grades mathematics. In W. F. Tate, K. D. King, & C. R. Anderson (Eds.), Disrupting tradition: Research and practice pathways in mathematics education (1st ed., pp. 63–75). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Stiff, L. V., & Johnson, J. L. Data & access: What the numbers show about equity in mathematics education.

Mathematics placement and AIG access. Follow-on work to the 2011 tracking study, looking at how NC's 2018 Math Access Policy has reshaped which students land in advanced mathematics.

Community-college leadership & student outcomes. Collaborative work with Dr. Carol Cutler White and the Community College Advocacy Lab.

SEL and CASEL-aligned evaluation. Instrument development and longitudinal measurement of social-emotional learning outcomes in grant-funded K-12 programs.