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Jason E. Johnson

Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership Studies

608-D Allen Hall, P.O. Box 6122
College of Human Resources & Education
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6122

Office: 304.293.3492
Email: jason.johnson@mail.wvu.edu

Degrees

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008 Major: Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Minor: Rhetorical Theory

• M.Ed., University of Washington, 2000
  Major: Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

• B.A., University of Washington, 1997
  Major: Comparative History of Ideas

Courses Taught

• EDLS 603 Principles of Educational Leadership
• EDLS 650 Higher Education Administration
• EDLS 693 Qualitative Research in Higher Education

Publications

• Conrad, C., & Johnson, J. (2008). Replenishing liberal education: Perspectives from the United States. Educational Studies, 50, 103-118.

• Conrad, C., & Johnson, J. (Eds.) (2008). College and university curriculum: Placing learning at the epicenter of courses, programs, and institutions (ASHE Reader Series, 2nd Edition). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

• Conrad, C., Johnson, J., & Gupta, D. M. (2007). Teaching-for-Learning (TFL): A model for faculty to advance student learning. Innovative Higher Education, 32(3), 153-165.

• Johnson, J., & Conrad, C. (2005). Reflections on the public-private configuration of American postsecondary education. Comparative and International Education Review, 4(1), 141-151.

• Johnson, J., Conrad, C., & Perna, L. (2005). Minority-serving institutions of higher education: Building on and extending lines of inquiry for the advancement of the public good. In C. Conrad & R. Serlin (Eds.), The SAGE handbook for research in education: Engaging ideas and enriching inquiry (pp. 263-277). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Conference Papers

• Johnson, J. (2008, November 6). Paradigmatic rationality and higher education rhetoric: Toward a new narrative. Paper to be presented (roundtable) at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL.

• Johnson, J. (2007, November 16). Higher education and the public sphere: An exploratory essay. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

• Johnson, J. (2007, November 10). The relationship between higher education and the public: Toward a theory. Paper presented (roundtable) at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY.

• Johnson, J. (2007, April 10). Support higher education or else: A rhetorical critique of ACE’s “Solutions for Our Future” campaign. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

• Johnson, J., & Grigg, J. (2006, April 9). Student self-representation in web-based social networks: University freshmen and thefacebook.com. Paper presented (roundtable) at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

• Johnson, J. (2005, November 19). Rhetorical consequences and comic potential of Kerr’s “multiversity”: A Burkean perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Professional Affiliations

• Association for the Study of Higher Education
• American Educational Research Association
• Rhetoric Society of America
• National Communication Association