I received my doctorate in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Connecticut, and then completed postdoctoral training at the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University. I have been an Assistant Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development since 2016. My work has focused on positive development among adolescents and young adults; More specifically, much of my research has addressed the civic-related experiences of college students, including identifying patterns of participation in different types of actions (Johnson et al., 2014), types of life goals that support civic engagement (Johnson et al., 2018), and the relationship between dimensions of efficacy and participation in different types of civic actions (Gee & Johnson, 2022). I have also done research with adolescents related to their general role models (Johnson et al., 2016; Hammond et al., 2022). Although my work has primarily been quantitative in nature, several projects have involved in-depth interviews (e.g., Hershberg & Johnson, 2019), which I am excited to use again in this project.