W. Brad Johnson

W. Brad Johnson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and the co-founder of Workplace Allies. For 30 years, he served sailors and marines in the U. S. Navy, first as a commissioned officer in the Navy’s Medical Service Corps, and later as a tenured full professor at Annapolis in the U. S. Naval Academy's Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law. Recent books include: Good Guys: How Men Can Become Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (2020, October, with David Smith); On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty (3rd Ed.) (2025, with Kimberly Griffin); The Elements of Mentoring (3rd Ed.) (2018, with Charles Ridley); and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (2016, with David Smith). He speaks around the globe on the topics of mentorship and cross-gender workplace relationships.