Adjunct Faculty
Program Director, Professional Development and Continuing Education
McGuinn Hall 208D
Telephone: 617-552-4029
Email: jessica.mccabe.99@bc.edu
Poverty and homelessness prevention, macro social work, and program evaluation
Jessica K. McCabe Johnson, PhD, MPA, LCSW, is Program Director, Professional Development and Continuing Education. She provides strategic leadership for professional development, continuing education, and cross-cutting initiatives that advance the School's academic mission, institutional visibility, and engagement with social work practice and policy.
She also leads the development of innovative educational programming and social policy initiatives that respond to emerging trends in social work practice, workforce development, and public policy.
Her research aims to advance evidence-informed solutions at the intersection of housing, socioemotional wellbeing, and education.
Saran, I., McCabe Johnson, J. K., & Fusaro, V. (2025). The relationship between housing insecurity and adolescent academic outcomes: Evidence from a 15-year longitudinal study. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness.聽
McCabe Johnson, J. K., Klein, E. K., Guterres, T. A., & Juste, A. (2025). Observations from social work researchers on assessing a homelessness prevention research-practice partnership. Journal of Community Practice.聽
McCabe Johnson, J. K., Werner, K., Bartley, S., Dickenson, E., Woodsby, A., & Tine, E.R. (2025). Using community-based system dynamics to understand connections between housing and education: A case study with implications for homelessness prevention school-housing partnership. American Journal of Community Psychology.聽
McCabe Johnson, J. K., Saran, I., & Byrne, T., Marques, B.S., Harris, K.A., Seamans, L., & Nelkin, G. (2024). Exploring the experiences of participants in a school-housing partnership. Journal of Social Service Research.聽
McCabe Johnson, J.K., Saran, I., Marques, B. S., Seamans, L., Bartley, S., Dickenson, E., McNabb, M. E., & Yadama, G. N. (October, 2023). A school-housing partnership for stability: Indications of success and opportunities for system change. Boston College School of Social Work. Chestnut Hill, MA. Located here:聽/content/dam/bc1/schools/sw/Centers/Center%20for%20Social%20Innovation/EHIP%20Report%2011.6.23_updated-May%202025.pdf
Werner, K., McCabe Johnson, J. K., Bartley, S., Dickenson, E., Woodsby, A., & Tine, E. R. (April 18, 2023). Capacity, burnout, and trust: Insights from frontline housing crisis responders. United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. Located here:聽