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Jessica McCabe Johnson

Part-Time Faculty

Family Housing Hardship Program Director

Profile

Jessica K. M. Johnson, PhD, MPA, LCSW, studies poverty and homelessness prevention. She is currently coordinating a research-practice partnership between md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College School of Social Work, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, FamilyAid md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç, and md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç Public Schools to evaluate the impact of an early family homelessness prevention intervention. She also has a longstanding interest in strategies to expand access to social security in rural parts of low-income countries.

Prior to teaching at the md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç College School of Social Work, Dr. Johnson taught at New York University and md´«Ã½¹ú²ú¾ç University and worked at the New York City Department of Homeless Services. She tremendously enjoys teaching and working with students.