College of Education

Jennifer Johnson: Revitalizing Indigenous Education, Language, and Communities

by Communications Office / Sep 17, 2024

Jennifer Johnson, Assistant Professor EPOL

In 2020, Johnson completed her Ph.D. in Educational Studies from the University of Oklahoma. She earned her Ed.M. in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in language and literacy, and her B.A. in Elementary Education, both from Arizona State University.

What are your research interests and academic expertise?

My research interests include the history of education in Indigenous communities, Indigenous language revitalization and Indigenous knowledge systems. I am a citizen of the Seminole Nation and a descendant of the Sac and Fox Nation, and prior to my graduate work was an elementary school teacher on Tribal reservations in Arizona and Florida. I was also a cofounder of Pumvhakv Immersion School, a language learning school for early childhood through college students within the Seminole Nation.

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