Karen E. Johnson
Kirby Professor in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics
302 Sparks BuildingBiography:
Education
- Ph.D. , English Education, Syracuse University
Areas of Specialization
- Teacher Learning in L2 Teacher Education
- Sociocultural Perspectives on L2 Teacher Professional Development
- Narrative Inquiry as Professional Development
Recent Courses
- APLNG 587 Theory and Research in L2 Teacher Education
- APLNG 572 Communication in L2 Classrooms
- APLNG 500 Practice Teaching in ESL
- APLNG 493 Teaching English as a Second Language
Selected Publications
BOOKS
Johnson, K. E., & Golombek, P. R. (March 2016). Mindful L2 Teacher Education: A
SocioculturalPerspective on Cultivating Teachers’ Professional Development.
New York: Routledge
Johnson, K. E., & Golombek, P.R. (Eds.) (2011). Research on Second Language
Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective on Professional Development.
New York: Routledge.
Johnson, K. E. (2009). Second Language Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective.
New York: Routledge.
ARTICLES
Johnson, K., & Dellagnelo, A. (2015). L2/FL Teacher Education: Bridging the complexities of
Teaching and the Learning of Teaching. Ilha Do Desterro [A Journal Of English
Language, Literatures In English And Cultural Studies], 68(1), 11-16.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2015v68n1p11
Johnson, K. E. (2015). Reclaiming the relevance of L2 teacher education. The Modern
Language Journal. 99(3), 515–528.
Johnson, K. E., & Worden, D. (2014). Cognitive/emotional dissonance as growth points
in learning to teach. Language and Sociocultural Theory, 2(1) 125-150.
Johnson, K. E., & Dellagenlo, A. (2013). How 'sign meaning develops': Strategic mediation
in learning to teach. Language Teaching Research. 17(4) 409-432.
CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS
Johnson, K. E. (forthcoming). Language teacher education. In G. Hall (Ed.) The Routledge
Handbook of English Language Teaching. (pp. XX-XX). London: Routledge.
Johnson, K. E. (2014). Foreword. In S.B. Said & L.J. Zhang (Eds.) Language Teachers
and Teaching: Global Perspectives, Local Initiatives. (pp. xv-xvii). London: Routledge.
Johnson, K. E. & Golombek, P. R. (2013). A tale of two mediations: Tracing the dialectics
of cognition, emotion, and activity in teachers' practicum blogs. In G. Barkhuizen (Ed).
Narrative Research in Applied Linguistics. (pp. 85-104). Cambridge University Press.
Johnson, K. E. (2013). Innovation through teacher education programs. In L. Wong &
K. Hyland (Eds.) Innovation and Change in English Language Education (pp. 75-89)
New York: Routledge.
Professional Awards and Achievements
Kirby Professor in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics (2010)
Liberal Arts Research Professor of Applied Linguistics (2007)
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teaching Award, The Pennsylvania State University (1996)