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Joanna Johnson serves as Associate Professor of English and Associate Vice Provost of the Writing Center at the University of California, Davis, with over two decades of experience teaching graduate research ethics, writing pedagogy, business communication, composition, and literature/writing in STEM. She founded and directed a writing studies department at a previous institution and has led writing programs since 2005.
- Ph.D., University of Essex, UK (2015)
Her research centers on Writing Studies, with pioneering work in Composition and Rhetoric, Writing across the Curriculum (WAC), and Race and Writing. Johnson critically examines disparities in research funding through writing pedagogy, integrates artificial intelligence into writing instruction, and advances responsible conduct of research training.
Johnson's publications reveal a trajectory from postcolonial literary analysis to applied writing interventions. Her 2019 monograph explores spatial dimensions of Caribbean writing and race, while her 2023 WAC Journal article develops curriculum-based solutions for funding inequities, demonstrating consistent innovation at the intersection of writing theory and social justice.
Awards:
- Association of American Medical Colleges Innovations in Research and Research Education award (2017) for integrating writing into responsible conduct of research training
Johnson provides strategic leadership for writing program development through institutional roles rather than external grants, with no current graduate advisees disclosed. Her administrative expertise focuses on scaling writing support across academic disciplines through program design and faculty development.
As Associate Vice Provost, Johnson directs the University Writing Center's operations and vision, implementing initiatives that embed writing support into STEM fields, business education, and research ethics training across campus.
