EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Educational Studies | Emory University |
| M.Ed | Middle Grades Education | Georgia State University |
| B.A | English Language and Literature | Morris Brown College |
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2023-2024 Excellence in Academic Advising | Recognized by The Office of Academic Affairs and Academic Advisors Association |
| 2022-2023 Excellence in Academic Advising | Recognized by The Office of Academic Affairs and Academic Advisors Association |
| 2020 Alan C. Purves Award (National Council of Teachers of English) | for “Revealing the Human and the Writer: The Promise of a Humanizing Writing Pedagogy in Secondary ELA Classrooms” which appeared in Research in the Teaching of English. The award is presented annually by NCTE for the article from the previous year judged to have the greatest impact on educational practice. |
| 2020 Capstone Hero Award | given to individuals that embody the very best ideals of The University of Alabama and the Capstone Creed. |
| 2018 Alan C. Purves Award (National Council of Teachers of English) | for “Writing the Self: Black Queer Youth Challenge Heteronormative Ways of Being in an After School Writing Club,” which appeared in Research in the Teaching of English. The award is presented annually by NCTE for the article from the previous year judged to have the greatest impact on educational practice. |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Writing Practice and Instruction
Secondary ELA Teaching/Learning
Teaching African American Learners
BIOGRAPHY
Latrise P. Johnson works as an Associate Professor of Secondary English Language Arts and Literacy in Curriculum and Instruction Department. Her scholarship considers the educational experiences of Black and LGBTQIA youth in secondary schools. She focuses on the ways historically marginalized youth use literacy (writing) to name and claim world(s) in order to experience joy and justice. Latrise is a former middle and high school teacher who seeks to engage young people in critical thinking and being within intellectual communities in, outside, and on the edge of school.
Latrise P. Johnson is writer, scholar, mother, teacher, and intellectual. Before joining the faculty at UA, Dr. Johnson taught middle and high school Language and Literature in Atlanta Public Schools. Dr. Johnson enjoys learning new things and is currently learning French and how to swim. She is a certified yoga instructor and practices with friends and family. She enjoys listening to music and is known to have a portable speaker nearby. She also writing and helping others find their writer within.