Dr. Alexis Johnson

Assistant Professor

Communication and Journalism
Energy Center Rm 132
1815 Coliseum Dr
Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: (479) 964-0891
E-mail: ajohnson93@atu.edu

Education

BA - Univ of Illinois at Chicago
MA - Northeastern Illinois Univ
PHD - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Recently Taught Courses

COMM 1003 - INTRO TO COMMUNICATION
COMM 2003 - PUBLIC SPEAKING
COMM 2173 - BUSINESS/PROF SPEAKING
COMM 3003 - INTERPERSONAL COMM
COMM 4053 - SEM: TRAUMA IN THE MEDIA
COMM 4053 - SEM:COMMUNICATON IN VIDEOGAMES
COMM 4993 - SP: COMM IMMIGRATION ISSUES
COMM 5053 - SEM:COMMUNICATON IN VIDEOGAMES

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Dr. Alexis Johnson's research centers on how people make sense of their narratives surrounding trauma, difficulty, and marginalization in a variety of contexts including chronic illness, terminal illness, mental illness, disabilities, bereavement, and on mediated platforms. Specifically, her research seeks to understand effective modes of supportive communication within these lived experiences. Her specialty areas include interpersonal, family, health, and mediated communication. In addition, she studies autoethnography and the dark side of communication.

Johnson, A.Z. (2019). An Autoethnographic Account of Navigating Patienthood as a Person with Hearing Impairment. In Kellet, P. (Eds) Narrating Patienthood: Engaging Diverse Voices on Health, Communication, and the Patient Experience. Lexington Books.

Kellas, J.K., Castle, K., Johnson, A.Z., Cohen, M. (2017). Communicatively Constructing the Bright and Dark Sides of Hope: Family Caregivers’ Experiences During End of Life Cancer Care. Behavioral Sciences. 7(2). 33-45.