Bruce E. Johansen


Bruce Elliott Johansen is an American academic and author. He is the Frederick W. Kayser Professor of Communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is the author or editor of many books and articles, notably on environmental and Native Americans in [the United States|Native American] issues.

Life and career

Johansen was born in San Diego, California, where his father served as a United States Coast Guard officer. He received his B.A. degree from University of Washington in 1972 and his M.A. from University of Minnesota in 1975. From 1972 to 1976 he also worked as reporter for the Seattle Times. Johansen received his PhD from University of Washington in 1979. His doctoral dissertation, Franklin, Jefferson and American Indians: a study in the cross-cultural communication of ideas, formed the basis of his 1982 book Forgotten Founders: How the American Indian Helped Shape Democracy. In 1982 Johansen joined the faculty of University of Nebraska at Omaha where he is the Kayser Professor of Communication. In 2011, Johansen was awarded the Isaacson Professorship by the university.
Johansen was lifelong friends with Roberto Maestas, founder of El Centro de la Raza, a Latino community rights organization in Seattle.

Publications

;Indigenous issues
  • Wasi'chu: The Continuing Indian Wars with Roberto Maestas.
  • Forgotten Founders: How the American Indian Helped Shape Democracy
  • El Pueblo: The Gallegos Family's American Journey, 1503–1980 with Roberto Maestas.
  • Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy with Donald A. Grinde, Jr., foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr..
  • Life and Death in Mohawk Country with John Kahionhes Fadden.
  • So Far from Home: Manila's Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 1942–1945
  • Native American Political Systems and the Evolution of Democracy: An Annotated Bibliography , part of the Bibliographies and Indexes in American History series.
  • Debating Democracy: The Iroquois Legacy of Freedom with Donald A. Grinde Jr. & Barbara Alice Mann.
  • The Encyclopedia Of Native American Biography: Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People, From Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller with Donald A. Grinde, Jr...
  • The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition
  • The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History
  • Native America and the Evolution of Democracy: A Supplementary Bibliography , part of the Bibliographies and Indexes in American History series.
  • Shapers of the Great Debate on Native Americans--Land, Spirit, and Power: A Biographical Dictionary
  • Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee with Barbara Alice Mann.
  • Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies
  • The Native Peoples of North America: A History, 2 volumes
  • The Native Peoples of North America: A History paperback:
  • The Praeger Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Native America, 2 volumes , part of the Native America: Yesterday and Today series
  • Encyclopedia of American Indian History, 4 volumes with Barry M. Pritzker.
  • The Iroquois , part of the 14 volume History and Culture of Native Americans series.
  • Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary
  • Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement , part of the Movements of the American Mosaic series
;Environmental issues
  • Ecocide of Native America: Environmental Destruction of Indian Lands and Peoples with Donald A. Grinde Jr., foreword by Howard Zinn.
  • The Global Warming Desk Reference
  • The Dirty Dozen: Toxic Chemicals and the Earth's Future
  • Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia
  • Global Warming in the 21st Century, 3 volumes
  • The Global Warming Combat Manual: Solutions for a Sustainable World
  • Global Warming 101 , part of the Science 101 series
  • The Encyclopedia of Global Warming Science and Technology, 2 volumes
;Other topics
  • ''Silenced!: Academic Freedom, Scientific Inquiry, and the First Amendment under Siege in America''