Virginia Cutler Lecture
"Research as an Intervention: Improving Relationships and Mental Health"
With Lee Johnson, Associate Professor of Family Life This lecture will describe Johnson’s process of developing research projects that also act as mental health interventions. He will touch on how to develop a program of research, how to also qualify it as an intervention, and review some of the findings from a recent project.
Lee Johnson
Lee Johnson is currently an associate professor in the marriage and family therapy program in the School of Family Life at BYU. This is his 13th year of teaching at the university. He previously taught in marriage and family therapy programs at Friends University for three years and at the University of Georgia for 12 years. Johnson’s research interests focus on emotional regulation and couple and family relationships in clinical settings with a specific focus on the relationship between physical exercise, improved sleep, and reduced stress in therapy processes and outcomes. He also focuses on daily processes in clients' lives and the role of anxiety and trauma in relationships.
Johnson was named a Legacy Scholar by the National Council on Family Relations in 2022. In 2017, he received a Best Article of the Year Honorable Mention from the Journal of Marital and Family Therapyfor his write up on the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network that assimilates research with therapy practice and a Teaching Innovation Award from the School of Family Life.
Johnson earned a Ph.D. from Kansas State University and an MS from Utah State University, both in marriage and family therapy, and a BS in family science from Brigham Young University. He is married and has three children, is an avid cyclist, and enjoys being outdoors.
Students in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences gain Experience Points for attending this lecture. Learn more about Experience Points.