Jessie M. Quintero Johnson, PhD, LICSW
Jessie M. Quintero Johnson, PhD, LICSW
Associate Professor of Social Work / Master of Social Work Program Director
- Doctor of Philosophy, Health Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Master of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
- Master of Arts, Communication, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.
- Bachelor of Arts, Communication and Psychology, Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash.
Research Interests
- Social and psychological effects of media
- Mental health, illness, and stigma
- Clinical social work practice
- Psychodynamic, relational, and attachment-based therapies
- Health communication
Selected Works
Publications
- Buki, L. P., Quintero Johnson, J. M., Knight, K., & Walton, A. (2024). “Cultural and conceptual knowledge”: Reformulation and conceptual analysis of a key component of the health literacy model. Social Science & Medicine, 356, 117150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117150
- Quintero Johnson, J. M., Saleem M., Tang, L., Ramasubramanian, S., & Riewesthal, E. (2021). Media use during COVID-19: An investigation of negative effects on the mental health of Asian versus White Americans. Frontiers in Communication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.638031
- Quintero Johnson, J. M., Sangalang, A., & Park, S. Y. (2021). First-person, third-person, or bystander? Exploring the persuasive influence of perspective in mental health narratives. Journal of Health Communication https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2021.1916658
- Aldrich, R. S. & Quintero Johnson, J. M. (2021). Mental health, mental illness, and suicide. In T. L. Thompson & N. G. Harrington (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of health communication (3rd edition) (pp. 63-76). Routledge.
- Quintero Johnson, J. M., & Riles, J. (2018). “He acted like a crazy person”: Exploring the influence of college students’ recall of stereotypic media representations of mental illness. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000121
- Quintero Johnson, J. M., & Yilmaz, G., & Najarian, K. M. (2016). Optimizing the presentation of mental health information in social media: The effects of health testimonials and platform on source perceptions, message processing, and health outcomes. Health Communication. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1214218
