“I am a professor, author, scientist, activist, speaker, performance artist, award-winning poet, & music enthusiast with 10+ published studies, two books, & $2.2M from NIH. I aim to empower disadvantaged children through education, science, art, and relentless compassion.” -Micah Dr. Micah E. Johnson is a sociologist trained in criminology and substance misuse epidemiology. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at USF. Dr. Johnson’s research centers around childhood trauma, behavioral health, and juvenile justice. He has been awarded over two million dollars in research grants by the National Institutes of Health. His research has been cited by the New York Times, Senator Bernie Sanders, and others. Dr. Johnson recently published a children’s book entitled “Never Had a Friend.” It describes his experiences with living in homeless shelters as a child: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Had-Friend-Micah-Johnson/dp/B08R1LLY3N The book debuted at #1 New Release on Amazon in the Poverty category. He also recently published The Little Book of Police Youth Dialogue: A Restorative Path Toward Justice: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Little-Book-of-Police-Youth-Dialogue/Micah-E-Johnson/Justice-and-Peacebuilding/9781680997088. He has been an advocate for social justice for the past 15 years. Dr. Johnson trains, speaks, and teaches internationally on topics related to trauma, poverty, anti-racism, and sustainable peace. He is a pioneer of forensic sociology, serving in the state and federal court system as an expert witness and mitigation specialist where he leverages the science of trauma, disadvantage, and substance misuse to empower the justice system to make more informed decisions. Dr. Johnson’s works can be discovered online using #DoctorMicahJohnson or by visiting http://www.DoctorMicahJohnson.com. Dr. Johnson’s goal is to support his philanthropic and social justice initiatives through securing a partnership with a major streaming platform (Netflix, HBO, Disney, Amazon, etc.) to produce the Never Had a Friend documentary and film. Dr. Johnson’s vision is to raise $50,000 in private funds for the SMART Lab, a PhD preparation program for gifted Black, Latinx, Native American, and historically underrepresented students. Dr. Johnson’s dream is to write stories about the extraordinary people who survive trauma, poverty, and marginalization.

“I am a professor, author, scientist, activist, speaker, performance artist, award-winning poet, & music enthusiast with 10+ published studies, two books, & $2.2M from NIH. I aim to empower disadvantaged children through education, science, art, and relentless compassion.” -Micah Dr. Micah E. Johnson is a sociologist trained in criminology and substance misuse epidemiology. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at USF. Dr. Johnson’s research centers around childhood trauma, behavioral health, and juvenile justice. He has been awarded over two million dollars in research grants by the National Institutes of Health. His research has been cited by the New York Times, Senator Bernie Sanders, and others. Dr. Johnson recently published a children’s book entitled “Never Had a Friend.” It describes his experiences with living in homeless shelters as a child: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Had-Friend-Micah-Johnson/dp/B08R1LLY3N The book debuted at #1 New Release on Amazon in the Poverty category. He also recently published The Little Book of Police Youth Dialogue: A Restorative Path Toward Justice: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Little-Book-of-Police-Youth-Dialogue/Micah-E-Johnson/Justice-and-Peacebuilding/9781680997088. He has been an advocate for social justice for the past 15 years. Dr. Johnson trains, speaks, and teaches internationally on topics related to trauma, poverty, anti-racism, and sustainable peace. He is a pioneer of forensic sociology, serving in the state and federal court system as an expert witness and mitigation specialist where he leverages the science of trauma, disadvantage, and substance misuse to empower the justice system to make more informed decisions. Dr. Johnson’s works can be discovered online using #DoctorMicahJohnson or by visiting http://www.DoctorMicahJohnson.com. Dr. Johnson’s goal is to support his philanthropic and social justice initiatives through securing a partnership with a major streaming platform (Netflix, HBO, Disney, Amazon, etc.) to produce the Never Had a Friend documentary and film. Dr. Johnson’s vision is to raise $50,000 in private funds for the SMART Lab, a PhD preparation program for gifted Black, Latinx, Native American, and historically underrepresented students. Dr. Johnson’s dream is to write stories about the extraordinary people who survive trauma, poverty, and marginalization.