The Principia:
Faculty Profiles
Brian Walker Johnson

Associate Professor of Education

Email: Brian.Johnson@principia.edu

B.A., Principia College
M.Ed., D.A.S.T., Ph. D., Emory University

Brian Johnson joined the faculty in 1991. He comes to Principia from Atlanta, Georgia, where he taught in elementary schools for eight years at both private and public institutions. Dr. Johnson has also worked with programs for adult literacy in Atlanta. He is pursuing research in reading instruction including biographical case study of teaching, the analysis of reading curriculum, reading comprehension strategies, and teacher development. He has presented papers at meetings of the professional organizations to which he belongs.

Member of:

  • American Educational Researchers Association
  • St. Louis Action Research Collaborative
  • National Reading Association
  • St. Louis Center for Changing Men
  • Illinois Association of Teacher Educators