Timothy R. Johnson


Timothy Russell Johnson is an American political scientist, author, and professor of political science and law at the University of Minnesota.

Education

Johnson graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1993 and obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998.

Career

In 1994 Timothy started his career as an instructor at the University College, Washington University in St. Louis. In 1998, he became an assistant professor at the department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University.  In 2006, he became an assistant professor at the department of Political Science and Law, University of Minnesota. In 2006, he was promoted to an associate professor and in 2012 he became a professor at the department of Political Science and Law, University of Minnesota.

Selected publications

Awards

In 2008, he received the Horace T. Morse Award. In 2018, he received the American Political Science Association Distinguished Teaching Award.