Lauri Johnson

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EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Washington, Multicultural Education
S.D.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, Special Education Administration
M.S., University of Oregon, Special Education

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS
White educators’ conceptualizations of race, school district policies to promote educational equity, historical and contemporary studies of community activism in urban school reform, and culturally responsive leadership in international contexts.

HONORS/AWARDS
2008 AESA Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association for Multicultural Policies in Canada and the United States (Joshee and Johnson, University of British Columbia Press, 2007)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books
Joshee, R., & Johnson, L. (Eds.) (2007). Multicultural education policies in Canada and the United States. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. Paperback edition released by University of Washington Press in February 2008.

Johnson, L., Finn, M., & Lewis, R. (Eds.) (2005). Urban education with an attitude. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Johnson, L., & Smith, S. (1993). Dealing with diversity through multicultural fiction: Library-classroom partnerships. Chicago: American Library Association.

Journal Articles
Campbell-Stephens, R. & Johnson, L. (in press). Investing in Diversity in the London schools: Culturally literate leadership preparation for Black and global majority educators. Urban Education, 45(6).

Jacobson, S., Johnson, L., Ylimaki, R., & Giles, C. (2009). Sustaining success in an American school: A case for governance change. Journal of Educational Administration, 47(6), 753-764.

Johnson, L., Moller, J., Jacobson, S., & Wong, K. C. (2008). Cross-national comparisons in the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP): The United States, Norway, and China. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 52(4), 407 – 422.

Johnson, L. (2007). Rethinking successful school leadership in challenging U.S. schools: Culturally responsive practices in school-community relationships. International Studies in Educational Administration, 35(3), 49 – 57.

Jacobson, S., Brooks, S., Giles, C., Johnson, L., & Ylimaki, R. (2007). Successful leadership in three high poverty urban elementary schools. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 6(4), 291-317.

Johnson, L. (2006). "Making her community a better place to live": Culturally responsive urban school leadership in historical context. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 5(1), 19 – 36.

Johnson, L. (2006). "One community’s total war against prejudice": The Springfield Plan revisited. Theory and Research in Social Education, 34(3), 301 – 323.

Jacobson, S., Johnson, L., Ylimaki, R., & Giles, C. (2005). Successful leadership in challenging U.S. schools: Enabling principles, enabling schools. Journal of Educational Administration, 43, 607 – 618.

Giles, C., Johnson, L., Brooks, S., & Jacobson, S. (2005). Building bridges, building community: Transformational leadership in a challenging urban context. Journal of School Leadership, 15, 519 – 545.

Johnson, L. (2004). A generation of women activists: African American female educators in Harlem, 1930 - 1950. Journal of African American History, 89, 223 – 240.

Johnson, L. (2003). Multicultural policy as social activism: Redefining who “counts” in multicultural education. Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 6, 107 – 121.

Johnson, L. (2002). "Making democracy real": Teacher union and community activism to promote diversity in the New York City public schools – 1935 – 1950. Urban Education, 37, 566 – 588.

Johnson, L. (2002). "My eyes have been opened": White teachers and racial awareness. Journal of Teacher Education, 53, 149 – 163.

Book Chapters
Jacobson, S. & Johnson, L. (in preparation). U.S. perspectives on successful leadership in high needs schools from the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP). In J. MacBeath & T. Townsend (Eds.), The international handbook on leadership and learning. Dordrecht: Springer.

Johnson, L., Carter, J., & Finn, M. (in press). Parent empowerment through collective action. In C. Hands & L. Hubbard, Including families and communities in urban education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

Johnson, L., Moller, J., Pashiardis, P., Savvides, V., & Vedoy, G. (in press). Leadership preparation for diverse schools. In R. Ylimaki & S. Jacobson (Eds.), Comparative perspectives on school leadership practice and preparation. Dortrecht: Springer.

Johnson, L., Moller, J., Pashiardis, P., Savvides, V. & Vedoy, G. (in press). Culturally responsive practices. In R. Ylimaki & S. Jacobson (Eds.), Comparative perspectives on school leadership practice and preparation. Dortrecht: Springer.

Johnson, L. (2009). Multicultural education. In K. Lomotey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of African American education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Johnson, L. (2008). Multicultural education. In T. L. Good (Ed.), 21st century education: A reference handbook (pp. 308 – 315). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Johnson, L. (2007). "Making her community a better place to live": Lessons from history for culturally responsive urban school leadership. In D. Carlson & C. P. Gause, Keeping the promise: Essays on leadership, democracy, and education (pp. 267 – 284). New York: Peter Lang. (Book received the 2007 AESA Critics Choice Award).

Joshee, R., & Johnson, L. (2007). Historic diversity and equity policies in Canada. In K. Tolley (Ed.), Transformations in schooling: Comparative and historical perspectives (pp. 111 – 121). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Johnson, L. (2007). "We cannot avoid taking sides": Teacher unions, urban communities, and social justice in historical perspective. In P. Finn & M. Finn (Eds.), Teacher education with an attitude: Preparing teachers to educate working-class students in their collective self-interest (pp. 217 – 230). Albany: State University of New York Press.

Giles, C., Jacobson, S. L., Johnson, L., & Ylimaki, R. (2007). Against the odds: Successful principals in challenging U.S. schools. In C. Day and K. Leithwood, Successful principal leadership in times of change: An international perspective (pp. 155 – 168). Dortrecht: Springer.

Johnson, L. (2007). Diversity policies in American schools: A legacy of progressive school leadership and community activism. In R. Joshee & L. Johnson (Eds.), Multicultural education policies in Canada and the United States (pp. 28 - 41). Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Johnson, L. (2007). Multiculturalism. In K. Borman, S. Cahill, & B. Cotner, The Praeger handbook of American high schools (pp. 291 – 295). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Joshee, R., & Johnson, L. (2005). Multicultural education in the United States and Canada: The importance of national policy. In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood, & D. Livingstone, International handbook on educational policy (pp. 53 – 74). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.

Johnson, L. (2005). Giving voice to urban parents: A collaborative community-based survey about parent involvement. In L. Johnson, M. Finn, & R. Lewis, Urban education with an attitude (pp. 157 – 172). Albany: State University of New York Press.

Finn, P., Johnson, L., & Finn, M. (2005). Workshops with an attitude. In L. Johnson, M. Finn, & R. Lewis, Urban education with an attitude (pp. 193 - 217). Albany: State University of New York Press.