Part-Time Faculty
Family Housing Hardship Program Director
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 the Family Housing Hardship Program Director.
She currently leads a cross-sector, multidisciplinary initiative integrating faculty, practitioners, and community partners to advance evidence-informed solutions at the intersection of housing 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2025.2580030
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2025.2586724
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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70000
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2025.2471402
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: https://www.bc.edu/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: https://unitedwaymassbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/23_CapacityBurnoutTrust_report_FINAL.pdf