Royel Johnson, Ph.D

Professor

Scholar

Consultant

MEET ROYEL

A nationally recognized scholar and highly-sought after consultant, Royel has translated his expertise on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion for dozens of college campuses, Fortune 500 companies, and other organizations. Indeed, Royel is committed to improving the material conditions of racially minoritized and other institutionally marginalized groups through engaged research, outreach, and collaboration.

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In The News

"Johnson Receives Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Illinois"

"Johnson to Join the Faculty at University of Southern California"

"Johnson Receives Research Award from ACPA"

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New Book, "Racial Equity on College Campuses: Connecting Research to Practice"

The current socio-political moment—rife with racial tensions and overt bigotry—has exacerbated longstanding racial inequities in higher education. While educational scholars have developed conceptual tools and offered data-informed recommendations for rooting out racism in campus policies and practices, this work is largely inaccessible to the public. At the same time, practitioners and policymakers are increasingly called on to implement quick solutions to what are, in fact, profound, structural problems. Racial Equity on College Campuses bridges this gap marshaling the expertise of nineteen scholars and practitioners to translate research-based findings into actionable recommendations in three key areas: university leadership, teaching and learning, and student and campus life. The strategies gathered here will prove useful to institutional actors engaged in both real-time and long-term decision-making across contexts—from the classroom to the boardroom.