Kathryn R. Johnson

I hold a PhD in Public Policy from American University's School of Public Affairs. I am currently working as a post-doctoral scholar at Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy.

I am interested in the ways in both the determinants of mental health and cognition and the ways in which changes in mental health influence the functioning of legal institutions.

Drawing on my background as an attorney, I employ rigorous quantitative methods grounded in data science and machine learning to understand the social, legal, and environmental determinants of human cognition, decision-making, and well-being.