Dr. Johnson is a native North Dakotan who has taught at WSU since 1987, directing the Writing Center from 1992-2003. He teaches undergraduate courses in writing, film, and literature as well as graduate seminars in composition and narrative theory.

His essays on composition appear in Thought and Action, Kairos, Kansas English, and Practice in Context (NCTE, 2002), and he has presented papers on teaching, writing, literature, and film at a variety of regional, national, and international conferences.  With Jeff Galin and Carol Haviland, he is co-editor of Teaching/Writing in the Late Age of Print (Creskill, NJ: Hampton, 2003).  Currently, he directs WSU's University Studies (general education) Program.

Married to Kay since 1986 and proud papa of Veronica and Madeleine, his non-teaching days frequently find him on the tennis court, looking perpetually to hit that one absolutely unreturnable inside-outer into his opponent's backhand corner.