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Sylvester A. Johnson is a Professor of Black Studies at Northwestern University, holding the 2024 Kluge Chair in Technology and Society at the Library of Congress’s Kluge Center. His research focuses on race, religion, and technology, emphasizing ethical governance of innovation-driven societies. He explores intersections of technical and humanistic perspectives to promote inclusive outcomes.
Johnson’s work spans religious history, race in the Atlantic world, national security practices, and the societal impacts of intelligent machines. His notable publications include The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity (2004), which won the American Academy of Religion’s Best First Book award, and African American Religions, 1500-2000 (2015). He co-edited The FBI and Religion (2017) and Religion and US Empire (2022).
He leads the Henry Luce Foundation-supported ‘Future Humans, Human Futures’ project, addressing ethical challenges in technology governance through multi-sector collaboration. His current research examines human identity in the age of intelligent machines and human-machine symbiosis.
Johnson is a founding co-editor of the Journal of Africana Religions. His awards include recognition for his groundbreaking scholarship on race and religion.
