Bonnie J. Johnson earned her PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches classes in the School of Education at St. John's University in New York City. Dr. Johnson was a public-school classroom teacher for fourteen years. She was the recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Distinguished Teacher of Teachers Award and was named an Eminent Literacy Scholar by The e-Journal of Literacy and Social Responsibility. Dr. Johnson is the author, coauthor, editor of nine books, numerous book chapters and journal articles, and has coauthored more than two hundred instructional texts for elementary, middle school, and adult learners.
