Research interests
David Cassels Johnson specializes in critical sociolinguistics and language policy research. He uses the ethnography of language policy and critical discourse analysis to study the interaction between language policies and educational opportunity for language learners.
Teaching/professional interests
Dr. Johnson teaches courses in the ELL/bilingual education specialization and the Ph.D. program in language and literacy education. He has taught courses in general linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and second language acquisition. Johnson was previously a visiting lecturer at the University of Equatorial Guinea, Africa, the University of Costa Rica, and Texas A&M University.
Recent accomplishments
- Awardee, 1st Place, 2008 Outstanding Dissertation Competition, National Association of Bilingual Education.
- Johnson, D.C. (2009). Ethnography of language policy. Language Policy, 8, 139-159.
- Johnson, D.C. (2009). The relationship between applied linguistic research and language policy for bilingual education. Applied Linguistics.
- Johnson, D.C. (2009). Implementational and ideological spaces in bilingual education language policy. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
Educational background
- Ph.D. Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
- M.A. TESOL/Applied Linguistics, University of Northern Iowa, 2001
- B.A. English, University of Iowa, 1997
