Dr. Erika Johnson joins UTEP as an Associate Professor of Instruction teaching Developmental English. Dr. Johnson is an El Paso native and a UTEP alum. She earned a BA in English & American Literature and Criminal Justice and an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies at UTEP. She earned her PhD in Rhetoric at Texas Woman’s University while also earning a Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies. She has presented at numerous national conferences about visual rhetoric, feminist rhetoric, digital technology, pedagogy, and basic writing and co-authored “Turning Resistances into Engagement” in On Teacher Neutrality: Politics, Praxis, Performativity with Dr. Tawny LeBouef-Tullia and co-authored “Ethical Challenges of Digital Technology and Religion” in Troubles Online: Critical Approaches to Accessible Teaching and Learning with Dr. Elena Garcia to be published in 2024. Dr. Johnson enjoys reading, watching movies, and traveling.

• Utah Valley University Faculty Excellence Award - Utah Valley University (01/01/2022-12/31/2022)
• NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award - National Council on Teachers of English (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)

• Ph D in Rhetoric , Texas Woman’s University (2017)
• Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies, Texas Woman's University (2016)
• MS in Administration of Security and Justice, University of Phoenix (2010)
• MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
• BA in English & American Literature and Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at El Paso (2000)

• “Turning Resistances into Engagement.” University Press of Colorado, Utah State University Press (2022), Erika T. Johnson, .

• “Equity, Inclusivity, and the Future of Rhetorical Publications: A Roundtable Discussion.” (2022), Volume Baltimore, MD, Erika T. Johnson.
• “What We See, What We Do, and Who We Are: Roots of Visual Literacy.” (2022), Volume Orem, UT, Erika T. Johnson.
• “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies and Social Change: Engaging Racial Differences within and beyond the Classroom.” (2020), Volume Virtual, Erika T. Johnson.
• “An Invitation as Participation: Syllabi as Gestures of Inclusivity.” (2020), Volume Portland, OR., Erika T. Johnson.
• “Geographical Commonplace: Basic Writing Syllabi and Constructing Academic Self.” (2020), Volume Milwaukee, WI (not in-person, virtual), Erika T. Johnson.
• “Just Doing It Herself: The Rhetorics of Serena Williams.” (2019), Volume James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA., Erika T. Johnson.
• “Ethical Challenges of Digital Technology and Religion.” (2019), Volume Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, Erika T. Johnson.
• “A Read, An Indictment, and A Challenge: Ain’t No Place for Performing Respectability Politics in Basic Writing.” (2019), Volume Pittsburgh, PA., Erika T. Johnson.

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