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Dr. Jamie K. Johnson

Senior Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Anthropology

(940) 369-5403

Email: Jamie.Johnson@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Syracuse University, 2014
    Major: Anthropology
  • MA, Syracuse University, 2007
    Major: Anthropology
  • BA, University of North Texas, 2001
    Major: Anthropology

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Senior Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2020 - Present).
  • Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2015 - 2019).
  • Visiting Lecturer, UNT. UNT. (2014 - 2015).
  • Adjunct Instructor, Collin County Community College District. Collin County Community College District. (2011 - 2014).
  • Adjunct Instructor, UNT. UNT. (2012 - 2014).
  • Adjunct Instructor, Texas Christian University. Texas Christian University. (2009 - 2014).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Generative AI Institute for Teaching, UNT CLEAR DSI. (2026 - Present).
  • Human Subjects Research (HSR), CITI. (2025 - 2028).
  • Human Subjects Research (HSR), CITI. (2022 - 2025).
  • Human Subjects Research (HSR), CITI. (2018 - 2021).

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Applied Anthropology. (January 2009 - Present).
  • American Anthropological Association. (January 2000 - Present).
  • American Ethnological Society. (January 2009 - December 2018).
  • International Association of Ladakh Scholars. (January 2005 - December 2016).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Key Aspects of Imposter Phenomenon Research & Faculty Development at UNT, UNT Faculty Success. Denton ,Texas ,United States of America. (April 13, 2026).
  • Self-Study Program, Ethics and Standards of Conduct, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2024 - 2025).
  • Self-Study Program, Cybersecurity Awareness Training, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 2024 - November 2025).
  • Self-Study Program, SafeSport Training, U.S. Center for Safe Sport. Denver,Colorado,United States of America. (December 2023 - February 2024).
  • Self-Study Program, Ethics and Standards of Conduct, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Self-Study Program, Ethics and Standards of Conduct, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2022 - 2023).
  • Self-Study Program, Cybersecurity Awareness Training, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 2023 - November 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Conference on the Coast: Sun. Sand. Solid Waste., Solid Waste Association of North America. Corpus Christi ,Texas,United States of America. (June 12, 2023 - June 13, 2023).
  • Workshop, “Beyond the Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education: What We can Learn from Disabled Academics about Collective Care.”, Office of the Provost Division of Academic Affairs UNT. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023).
  • Self-Study Program, Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, Office of the Provost & Division of Faculty Affairs, Faculty Success, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Workshop, DACA, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Self-Study Program, (1) FERPA Basics and (2) FERPA in the Virtual World., University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 2022 - November 2022).
  • Self-Study Program, Cybersecurity Awareness Training, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 2022 - November 2022).
  • Self-Study Program, Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, Office of the Provost & Division of Faculty Affairs, Faculty Success, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Ethics and Standards of Conduct, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, (1) FERPA Basics and (2) FERPA in the Virtual World., University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 2021 - November 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Cybersecurity Awareness Training, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 2021 - November 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, University of North Texas. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (April 2021 - April 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, Challenging Capitalistic Exploitation: Black Feminist/Womanist Commentary on Work and Self-Care, 2021 UNT Equity and Diversity Conference. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (March 23, 2021 - March 23, 2021).
  • Seminar, A Conversation on Feminist Pedagogies: Teaching Online/Remotely in the Time of COVID-19, Women's and Gender Studies. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (March 19, 2021 - March 19, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, Energy-Water Nexus Transition to Address Climate Change Confirmation, Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy. Boston,Massachusetts ,United States of America. (February 19, 2021 - February 19, 2021).
  • Workshop, Teaching Portfolio Workshop, UNT Non-Tenure Track Faculty Mentoring Network. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (December 4, 2020).
  • Self-Study Program, Canvas Boot Camp, Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research. United States of America. (August 2018 - May 2020).
  • Workshop, Non-Tenure Track Faculty Workgroup, University of North Texas Office of Faculty Success. Denton ,United States of America. (April 2019).
  • Workshop, Sensitivity and Diversity Training, Pride Alliance - UNT Division of Institutional Equity & Diversity. Denton ,TX,United States of America. (April 2019).
  • Self-Study Program, Teaching Resources for Engaged Educators (Blackboard), University of North Texas. Denton,Tx,United States of America. (August 2016 - December 2018).
  • Seminar, University Forum on Teaching and Learning "Teaching Counts! It's How You Play the Game" With Dr. Krisstal Clayton, UNT Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research. United States of America. (April 17, 2018).
  • Other (Networking), FacultyConnect: Mentoring Network Luncheon, Office of the Provost Faculty Success. United States of America. (March 2, 2018).
  • Workshop, Lecturer Workshop, UNT Office of the Provost Faculty Success. United States of America. (October 9, 2017).
  • Workshop, Getting Anthropological Writing Published, American Anthropological Association and The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology. Denver,Colorado,United States of America. (November 18, 2015).
  • Workshop, Making/Design/Ethnography, American Anthropological Association. Denver,Colorado,United States of America. (November 18, 2015).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Anthropology, 43 courses.
  • ANTH 1150 - World Cultures Through Film, 1 course.
  • ANTH 2200 - Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective, 6 courses.
  • ANTH 2300 - Culture and Society, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 3100 - People and Cultures, 1 course.
  • ANTH 3101 - Issues in Contemporary American Culture and Society, 28 courses.
  • ANTH 3110 - North American Indians, 1 course.
  • ANTH 4021 - Development of Anthropological Thought, 13 courses.
  • ANTH 4400 - Environmental Anthropology, 7 courses.
  • ANTH 4701 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 8 courses.
  • ANTH 4755 - Anthropology of Stuff and Things, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 4765 - Urban Beings, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 4900 - Special Problems, 10 courses.
  • ANTH 5000 - Seminar in Cultural Anthropology, 24 courses.
  • ANTH 5031 - Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, 9 courses.
  • ANTH 5032 - Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods for Non Majors, 11 courses.
  • ANTH 5400 - Environmental Anthropology, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 5700 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 8 courses.
  • ANTH 5755 - Advanced Anthropology of Stuff and Things, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5765 - Advanced Studies of Urban Beings, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5900 - Special Problems, 11 courses.
  • ANTH 5910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5920 - Non Thesis Research 1, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5930 - Non Thesis Research 2, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5950 - Applied Thesis, 20 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Continuing Education, Lone Star Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America, 50 participants. (June 13, 2023 - June 13, 2023).
  • Workshop, UNT Non-Tenure Track Faculty Network, 30 participants. (October 30, 2020 - October 30, 2020).
  • Public Lecture, Collin County Community College, 100 participants. (November 18, 2019).
  • Continuing Education, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT, 40 participants. (April 11, 2019 - April 11, 2019).
  • Public Lecture, University of North Texas Women's and Gender Studies Program, (February 20, 2018).
  • Public Lecture, American Anthropological Association, 4 participants. (November 2017).
  • Public Lecture (“Spaces of Rest: An Anthropological Perspective.” Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Tx.), Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Tx, 50 participants. (July 28, 2015).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Community Archives," Information Science. (November 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Beauty Pageants and Community Engagement," Anthropology. (November 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Prototype and Scalable frameworks for AI Agents," Anthropology. (November 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Tactical Urbansim," Anthropology. (October 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "The phenomenology of unhoused people in the urban environment," Philosophy and Religion. (January 2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (January 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Equitable Access to Professional online Learning Platforms," Anthropology. (January 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (December 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (April 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Networking as Trail Building.," Anthropology. (March 2023 - 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Understanding Dallasites Barriers to Recycling & Exploring Effective Information Access," Anthropology. (January 2023 - 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Black Women JEDI in Leadership: Praxes of Dignity, Care and Love," Other - Outside UNT. (May 2020 - 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Transit Mumbo Jumbo," Anthropology. (2020 - 2025).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Incentives and Barriers to Participation in the UNT Campus Race 2 Zero Waste," Anthropology. (June 2023 - 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (August 2022 - December 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The Domestic Soundscape: Memory, Listening, and Performance Practice.," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (May 2022 - April 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (November 1, 2019 - February 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2021 - January 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (August 2020 - January 2023).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, "Comprehensive Exam," Philosophy and Religion. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Dark Anthropology," Anthropology. (August 2022 - December 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Geography and the Environment. (2021 - 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (October 2017 - October 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (September 2017 - August 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (March 2017 - October 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (January 2019 - December 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (January 2019 - August 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (May 2018 - June 2020).
  • Supervised Research, "Understanding Mutual Aid in Itinerant Communities," Anthropology. (May 2019 - August 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (January 2017 - August 2019).
  • Supervised Research (Frisco ISD Independent Study and Mentorship Program), "Parental Engagement in Youth Sports," Other - Outside UNT. (September 2018 - May 17, 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (2015 - 2016).

Awards and Honors

  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Provost. (2025).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Provost. (2023).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Provost. (2022).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Provost. (2020).
  • Faculty of the Month, University of North Texas Undergraduate Anthropology Student Association. (April 3, 2018).
  • Certificate of Appreciation, The University of North Texas Learning Center. (November 2, 2017).
  • Claudia DeLys Scholarship in Cultural Anthropology, Syracuse University. (May 2008).
  • Nominated for Bob Rogers Service and Community Engagement Award, University of North Texas. (2022).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Office of the Provost. (May 2015).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Office of the Provost. (May 2015).
  • Independent Study and Mentorship Faculty Mentor Appreciation, Frisco Reedy High School. (September 2, 2018).
  • Global Engagement Grant, University of North Texas UNT International. (May 17, 2018).
  • Thank a Teacher, UNT Office of the Provost. (May 2015).
  • Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, United States Department of Education. (June 2007).
  • Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, United States Department of Education. (June 2006).
  • Maxwell Dean's Summer Assistantship, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship. (May 2006).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Squires, S.E., Johnson, J., Mishra, B., Piqueira, J. (2020). RETHINKING CYBERSECURITY AS A GROUP PHENOMENON: IMPACT OF SHARED MENTAL MODELS ON CYBERSECURITY DECISIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE.. Understanding Cyber Threats and Attacks.

    • Journal Article

  • Fry, M.J., Tabor, Z., Johnson, J.K. Breeding Distrust: The Biopolitics of Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer. Environment and Planning E. 7 (4)

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Johnson, J. (Author & Presenter), Conservative or Conservationist? A Conversation about Natural Resource Consumption in Affluent North Texas Households, Collin County Community College Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Collin County Community College Spring Creek Campus, United States of America. (2019).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Author & Presenter), Speaking of Intersections: Accents and Actions in Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series, “Towards a Lingua Franca: Engaging Conversations in Gender Studies and Anthropology.”, University of North Texas Women's and Gender Studies, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Author & Presenter), Crow Collection of Asian Art Wellness Series, “Spaces of Rest: An Anthropological Perspective.”, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Johnson, J.K. (Panelist), Toward a Feminist Future of Collective Care - Celebrating Women's History Month in a Pandemic, Interdisciplinary Research and Academic Agendas of Women's and Gender Studies Affiliated Faculty at UNT, Women's and Gender Studies, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Co-Chair), Ramer, A. (Co-Chair), Morgan, B. (Author & Presenter), Lawerence-Zuniga, D. (Author & Presenter), American Anthropological Association, Invisibility Matters, Washington D.C., United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, . “Volunteerism or Applied Anthropology? Development Discourses in Leh, Ladakh.”, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Author & Presenter), Making the Familiar Strange - American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, “Estrangement from Familiar Ground: Limestone and Livelihoods in Lueders, W. Texas”, American Anthropological Association, Denver, CO., United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Author & Presenter), American Ethnological Society/CASCA Annual Meetings, “Making Distinctions: Anthropological Mediation and Volunteer Tourism”, American Ethnological Society/Canadian Ethnology Society/société canadienne d’ethnologie, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Johnson, J.K. (Coordinator/Organizer), Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, “Exploring Water-Energy Nexus Awareness: Ethnographic Insight into Sustainable Suburban Development.”, Santa Fe, NM, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Webinar

  • Nelson, M.A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Henry, D. (Discussant), Nelson, A. (Discussant), Johnson, J. (Discussant), Brown, N. (Discussant), Nichols-Belo, A. (Discussant), Bollwerk, B. (Discussant), Fisher, G. (Discussant), Who Am I On Paper?, Who Am I On Paper?, Padawan Society, Department of Anthropology, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "UNT anthropology students spark community change through recycling research," UNT News. (January 6, 2025).
  • "Recipients of the 2019 Rescuing Texas History Award," The Portal to Texas History. (August 28, 2019).

    • Magazine

  • "Volunteer Tourism," The North Texan. (June 01, 2019).

    • Newspaper

  • "UNT Research Project Aims to Improve Recycling Practices in North Texas," Voice of Denton. (January 15, 2025).

    • Other

  • ""Why I became an Anthropologist"," AnthFM. (April 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Service

  • Johnson, J.K. (Principal), "Rescuing Texas History," sponsored by Portal to Texas History, State, $325.35 Funded. (2019 - 2021).
  • Johnson, J.K. (Principal), "Rescuing Texas History," sponsored by Portal to Texas History, State, Funded. (2019 - 2021).

Service

University Service

  • Director, Graduate Studies. (August 17, 2026 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Waste Reduction Action Committee. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Office of the Provost Faculty Success. (August 2024 - Present).
  • Other (Faculty Senate Representative), We Mean Green Fund Committee. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Office of the Provost Faculty Success. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Member, Applied Anthropology Expo. (August 15, 2017 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Department of Anthropology Scholarship Committee. (August 15, 2017 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Lambda Alpha Anthropology National Honor Society, University of North Texas FTA. (August 15, 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Applied Anthropology Graduate Admissions Committee. (August 15, 2015 - Present).
  • Member, Neurodiversity Professional Network. (2021 - 2024).
  • Member, Professional Faculty Network. (2020 - 2024).
  • Other (Classroom Evaluator), Personal Affairs Committee. (February 2022 - 2022).
  • Member, Department of Anthropology Faculty Job Search. (August 15, 2021 - April 15, 2022).
  • Committee Member, Personal Affairs Committee. (January 2020 - March 2022).
  • Chairperson, Department of Anthropology Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards Committee. (August 19, 2019 - May 15, 2020).
  • Faculty Advisor, Department Move, Department of Anthropology. (August 15, 2018 - May 15, 2019).
  • Committee Member, Department of Anthropology Larry L. Naylor Memorial Scholarship. (August 15, 2015 - May 15, 2019).
  • Committee Member, Department of Anthropology Curriculum Reform Committee. (August 15, 2017 - 2018).
  • Member, Department of Anthropology Curriculum Revision Sub Committee. (August 15, 2017 - May 15, 2018).
  • Member, Department of Anthropology Faculty Job Search. (August 15, 2017 - May 15, 2018).
  • Member (Principal Investigator), Needs Assessment for the UNT Women and Gender Studies. (August 15, 2017 - May 15, 2018).
  • Member, Department of Anthropology Mission Statement Revision. (August 15, 2014 - May 15, 2015).
  • Member, Graduate Fair, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. (November 22, 2014).

Public Service

  • Member, Jonathan's Project. Garland, Texas. (October 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Copperwood Estates Curbside Check-in. Carrollton, TEXAS. (March 23, 2020 - Present).
  • Member, Faith in Texas. Dallas, Texas. (September 2017 - Present).
  • Other (Newsletter Editor), Animal Rescue Crusaders of Texas. McKinney, Texas. (August 2018 - December 2019).

Consulting

  • Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Solid Waste Association of North America, Lone Star Chapter, Texas, United States of America. (June 2023).
  • Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Solid Waste Association of North America, Lone Star Chapter, Texas, United States of America. (July 2022).
  • Government, City of Denton Department of Solid Waste and Recycling, United States of America. (August 2024 - February 2025).
  • Professional Design Work – Non-profit, 1919 Hemphill, Fort Worth, United States of America. (June 2019 - August 2019).
  • For Profit Organization, North Texas Municipal Water District, United States of America. (August 2016 - May 2019).
  • Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Water Environment Association of Texas, North Texas Chapter, United States of America. (August 2015 - June 2016).