A.C. Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration
University of Alabama (2021) - M.A. in English
Jacksonville State University (2010) - B.S. in Psychology
Jacksonville State University (2003))
Teaching Fields: Qualitative Research Methods, Research Design, and Higher Education Administration
A.C. Johnson joined LTWD in August 2026. She completed her doctorate in 2021 at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining VSU, Dr. Johnson served as Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, College of Communication & Information Sciences at Alabama. Before that, she was the Program Coordinator for Higher Education Administration and a part-time instructor for Alabama.
Recent Publications or Presentations:
Johnson, A.C., Campbell, E. & Summerville, K.S. (2023). “If it mattered to them, it mattered to me”: How friendship shaped three Black women’s doctoral experience during a pandemic and racial injustice. In Fries-Britt, S. & Turner Kelly, B. (Eds.), Black women navigating the doctoral journey: Student peer support, mentorship, and success in the academy (pp. 104-119). New York, NY: Routledge.
Johnson, A.C. (2023). “I’m not your superwoman”: An exploration of the strong Black woman trope and how it affected my doctoral journey. In Guyotte, K.W., Shelton, S.A., Shelly, M., & Coogler, C.H. (Eds.), Fabulating futures with academic mothers: Provocations for higher education (pp. 87-100). Brill.
Mobley, Jr. S.D., Solomon, II S.L., Johnson, A.C., & Reynolds, P. (2021). “Troubling the waters”: Unpacking and (re)imagining the historical and contemporary complexity of historically Black college and university cultural politics. In B.C. Williams, F. Tuitt, D., & D. Squire (Eds.), Campus Rebellions and Plantation Politics: Power, Privilege, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education (pp. 77-97). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.