Dawn Johnson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
johnsod@summa-health.org
T:
330-379-5299
Summa-KSU Center for the Treatment And Study of Traumatic Stress
Ambulatory Building 4th Floor
444 North Main Street
Akron, OH 44310
Department of psychology 
Dawn Johnson, Ph.D.
Education
Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky (2001)
Research Interests
Treatment of battered women
Clinical Interests
PTSD; Trauma focused treatment; empirically supported approaches
Recent Publications
Johnson, D. M., Delahanty, D., & Pinna, K. (in press). The cortisol awakening response as a function of PTSD severity and abuse chronicty in sheltered battered women. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Johnson, D. M., & Zlotnick, C. (in press). Utilization of Mental Health Treatment and Other Services in Sheltered Battered Women. Psychiatric Services.
Perez, S., & Johnson, D. M. (in press). PTSD compromises battered women’s future safety. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Johnson, D. M., Palmieri, P. A., Jackson, A. P. & Hobfoll, S. E. (2007). Emotional numbing weakens abused inner-city women’s resiliency resources. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 197-206.
Johnson, D. M., & Zlotnick, C. (2006). A cognitive-behavioral treatment for battered women with PTSD in shelters: Findings from pilot study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19, 559-564.