Pamela Scott-Johnson

Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Ph.D., C’82, is the Provost and Vice President of Spelman College. Dr. Scott-Johnson, formerly served as the provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, as a dean at the California State University Los Angeles. She is the founding director of the Psychometrics Graduate Program at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Scott-Johnson earned Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and graduated magna cum laude from Spelman College (C’82), and a Master of Arts and Doctorate in Psychology and Neuroscience from Princeton University. She has published widely in professional journals and has been principal investigator for research and program development grants, totaling more than $6 million.

She serves on several boards, including the Rowen Foundation Board of Directors, Higher Education Resource Services (HERS), Academic Data Science Alliance, American Psychological Association Finance Committee, and the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County (New Jersey).  She previously served on the Board of Directors for the American Psychological Association (2019-2021). She is an alumna of the APA Women’s Leadership Institute and Higher Education Resource Services (HERS).

Dr. Scott-Johnson has two children, Sara Elizabeth A. Johnson, Scott Louis Andrew Johnson, daughter-in-law Madelyn Betts (Johnson), and two granddaughters – Mia and Gianna.