SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS WITH DR. COURTNEY NICOLE JOHNSON

  • WHO IS DR. COURTNEY NICOLE JOHNSON?

    Bold Conversations Brewed for Real Transformation

    Dr. Courtney Nicole Johnson—known to many as Dr. J—is a nationally emerging scholar, speaker, and storyteller who brings faith, truth, analysis, and lived experience together to spark courageous conversations in higher education and beyond.

    Her work blends academic rigor with cultural insight, poetic narrative with institutional reality, and research-backed frameworks with spiritual grounding. Whether she’s keynoting a national conference, leading a campus dialogue, or facilitating a leadership retreat, Dr. J creates spaces where people feel safe enough to be honest, brave enough to grow, and open enough to change.

    This is where scholarship meets soul.
    This is where belonging becomes a living practice.
    This is where transformation begins.

  • WHY BOOK DR. JOHNSON?

    Nationally emerging expert on Black student engagement

    Creator of the Post-DEI Hollowing Phenomenon™

    Scholar-practitioner with lived experience inside PWIs

    Faith-rooted storyteller with deep emotional intelligence

    Teacher, researcher, communicator, and healer

    Sessions grounded in research from her doctoral work

    Presentations delivered with clarity, courage, and grace

    Dr. Johnson’s voice resonates because it is real.
    Her sessions land because they tell the truth.
    Her work transforms because it is lived.

  • FEATURED TOPICS

    Belonging & Sense of Belonging

    Black Student Engagement

    DEI Retrenchment & the Post-DEI Era

    Leadership Development

    Institutional Change

    Campus Climate & Psychological Safety

    Faith-Integrated Conversations

    Student Affairs Excellence

    Culturally Responsive Practices

    Identity, Healing & Community

  • WHAT DR. JOHNSON OFFERS

    Keynote Presentations

    Workshops & Campus Trainings

    Leadership Retreats

    Faculty/Staff Development

    Student Success Dialogues & Affinity Conversations

  • UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

    For upcoming conferences, keynotes, and retreats, visit the Where I’ll Be Brewing page.

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