Calvin C. Johnson

Calvin C. Johnson, Ph.D., is a senior executive at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where he serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation and Monitoring. He is also the Department’s Chief Evaluation Officer.

Dr. Johnson serves as one of the principal advisors to HUD leadership on research, demonstration, and evaluation activities and oversees a broad evaluation portfolio to include projects exploring the impact of housing on non-housing outcomes – economic self-sufficiency, health and wellness, educational achievement, and public safety. Additionally, his portfolio includes demonstrations, evaluations, and research on housing discrimination, homelessness, aging in place, disaster resilience/recovery, community planning and development, and building science and technology.

He has served in research, evaluation, and policy positions at the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, The University of Pennsylvania, The Urban Institute, and with the Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. In these positions, he was responsible for the development of multisectoral responses to crime and delinquency, and the evaluation of crime control policies, community policing practices, community violence interventions, and place-based preventive interventions to combat crime and delinquency.