{"id":71,"date":"2021-06-08T17:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:27:06","slug":"about-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/current-students\/about-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Empowerment Lab is led by Dawn Johnson, Ph.D., from the Counseling Psychology Program faculty, and made up of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Akron. Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/current-students\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/current-students\/\">current students<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/alumni\/\">alumni<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tmm tmm_faculty\"><div class=\"tmm_1_columns tmm_wrap tmm_plugin_f\"><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_faculty_0\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1631\/2021\/07\/58C6FF24-58E6-4C1D-A865-FDAE28DA8150-scaled.jpeg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Dawn M.<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Johnson<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_desc\" style=\"text-align:\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>For the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program <\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 24px\">applicants<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 18pt\">, Dr. Johnson is taking students for the next academic year!<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Research Interests:\u00a0<\/strong>Treatment of PTSD in survivors of intimate partner violence, gender-based victimization, the intersection of gender-based victimization and HIV in cis and trans gender women, the intersection of gender-based victimization and alcohol and drug use<br \/><strong>Hometown:\u00a0<\/strong>Erie, PA<br \/><strong>Pronouns:\u00a0<\/strong>She\/her<br \/><strong>CP Courses Taught:\u00a0<\/strong>Advanced Practicum; Lifespan Gender Development; Prevention, Advocacy, and Social Justice; Objective Personality Assessment<br \/><strong>Fun Facts: <\/strong>I have my 200 hour yoga teacher training certification and my Level 1 Introductory Sommelier Certificate<br \/><strong>What does \"empowerment\" mean to you? <\/strong>I feel empowered when I identify and address things I want to change that are in my control. I feel powerful when I am successful at it. However, empowerment does not always lead to success.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/ws\/faculty\/bio-detail.dot?u=johnsod\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to view Dr. Johnson's faculty biography page and CV<\/p><\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Empowerment Lab is led by Dawn Johnson, Ph.D., from the Counseling Psychology Program faculty, and made up of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Akron. Learn more about our current students and alumni. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"parent":215,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/899"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/empower\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}