Latrise Johnson

Dr. Latrise Johnson

Associate Professor, Secondary English Language Arts Education


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Latrise Johnson

EDUCATION

Ph.D.Educational StudiesEmory University
M.EdMiddle Grades EducationGeorgia State University
B.AEnglish Language and LiteratureMorris Brown College

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AWARDS AND HONORS

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2023-2024Excellence in Academic Advising, Office of Academic Affairs and Academic Advisors Association
2022-2023Excellence in Academic Advising, Office of Academic Affairs and Academic Advisors Association
2020Alan C. Purves Award (National Council of Teachers of English) for ā€œRevealing the Human and the Writer: The Promise of a Humanizing Writing Pedagogy in Secondary ELA Classrooms,ā€ which appeared in Research in the Teaching of English
2020Capstone Hero Award, given to individuals that embody the very best ideals of The University of Alabama and theā€ÆCapstoneā€ÆCreed
2018Alan C. Purves Award (National Council of Teachers of English) for ā€œWriting the Self:  Black Queer Youth Challenge Heteronormative Ways of Being in an After School Writing Club,ā€ which appeared in Research in the Teaching of English

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Writing Practice and Instruction

Secondary ELA Teaching/Learning

Teaching African American Learners


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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.