James R. Calvin, PhD is currently a Professor of Management and Organization Practice at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Dr. Calvin is concurrently a Professor in the Center for Africana Studies in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins. He has been a visiting professor at several universities. Dr. Calvin is also a change management expert with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation. He has broad international expertise and experience in areas of leadership development and leading change, organization development, community economic development and nonprofit organizations. He has broad experience with Fortune 1000, Global companies, and other organizations including Fannie Mae, General Electric, DaimlerChrysler, Cementos Lima, Marriott, Verizon, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the PepsiCo Foundation, the Target Foundation, the United Nations, and the World Bank among others. Dr. Calvin has consulted at the country-level and with city and state-level government and agencies in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and across the United States and in Canada. 

Dr. Calvin is co-editor of Innovative Community Responses to Disaster published by Routledge/Taylor&Francis Group (2015). He has authored and co-authored book chapters and refereed journal articles. Dr. Calvin is the 2019 recipient of the Ted K. Bradshaw Outstanding Research Award from the Community Development Society. He is the recipient of the 2021 Inaugural James Calvin Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Calvin is a member of the International Board of PYXERA Global a U.S. based organization that works globally with business, governments, and communities in many countries.