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John Kingsley Holton, Ph.D. OPEN MINDS Advisory Board Member and
Director of Research, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), has served as its Vice President for Research and as Director of the National Center for Child Abuse Prevention Research since 1999. He is a social
psychologist who has specialized in urban education, juvenile delinquency, infant mortality, and child
maltreatment.
He formerly served as the site director for the Harvard School of Public Health’s “Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods," where he managed an interdisciplinary
longitudinal study of child and adolescent development concomitantly exploring the onset, desistance, and persistence of social competence and antisocial behavior from infancy to
young adulthood. Prior to Harvard, he worked for the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse (now PCAA) as the Executive Director of the Greater Chicago Council for Prevention
of Child Abuse, the Westside Association for Community Action, the Better Boys Foundation, and the Cook County Juvenile Court.
Dr. Holton is the author of articles on culture and its relationship to child abuse, and has lectured throughout the U.S., Europe, and the Third World, including Brazil, China, Barbados,
Ghana, Kenya, and the Ivory Coast. He has also testified before Congress on preventing youth anti-social behavior and crime.
A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Holton received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Howard University, and his Master's degree in Education at the University of Hartford.
He completed his Doctorate in the College of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University.
Currently, Dr. Holton is a member of the visiting faculty at the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago. He has served on the faculty of DePaul University
and the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Holton is a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, American Public Health Association, and
the National Black Child Development Institute. He presently serves on the editorial board for Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin, and as a board member for two foundations,
two graduate colleges, and a proprietary business.
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