W. Brad Johnson, Ph. D.
Professor Emeritus
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W. Brad Johnson, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of leadership, ethics, and law at the U. S. Naval Academy. A clinical psychologist, he was a commissioned officer in the Navy’s Medical Service Corps, serving at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Medical Clinic at Pearl Harbor where he was the division head for psychology. For 20 years, he was also a clinical faculty associate at Johns Hopkins University where he was awarded the annual Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. He is an award-winning mentor with distinguished mentor awards from the National Institutes of Health and the American Psychological Association. He is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association.
He has served as chair of the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Committee and as president of the Society for Military Psychology. Dr. Johnson is the author of more than 140 journal articles and book chapters—many on the topic of mentoring—and 14 books, in the areas of mentoring, gender in the workplace, and professional ethics. Recent books include: Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together (2026, with David Smith); Good Guys: How Men Can Become Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (2020, with David Smith); On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty (3rd Ed.) (2025, with Kimberly Griffin); The Elements of Mentoring (3rd Ed.) (2018, with Charles Ridley); and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (2016, with David Smith). He speaks around the globe on the topics of mentorship, gender-fair workplaces, and inclusive leadership.
