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Dr. Richard A. Johnson

Dr. Johnson's areas of expertise are: administration, shared and servant leadership, emotional intelligence, program planning, development and evaluation, occupational analysis and course construction. Use of technology in program delivery, assessment of federal, state and local programs, and accreditation processes. His professional experiences include service as an Aide for Senator Larry Pressler in Washington D.C., which included work with the U.S. Office of Education. He worked as a State Administrator for State Board of Education in North Dakota, served as Dean of the College of Technology at Idaho State University, and worked in Engineering/Technology with Honeywell Inc. in research and development.

Over the years, he has held a number of offices in professional organizations, including the Board of Trustees of the American Technical Education Association. He has presented at national meetings, been invited to speak publicly to many local organizations, written articles for newspapers, co- authored a book on Gifted and Talented Students in Professional Technical Education, and served as an evaluator/consultant of professional technical education programs for federal, state, and local systems. He presently serves as a member on the Commission of Colleges for the Northwest Accreditation Association, the organization that accredits Universities in the Northwest Region of the U.S.

He teaches both graduate and undergraduate classes, and is involved in applying technology, distance learning, and Web CT learning in the H.R.D. profession. He is conducting research on leadership (shared and servant), the application of emotional intelligence in the workplace, and technology as it applies to effectively delivering instruction.

Richard A. Johnson
Ph.D., Professor

B.S. 1972, M.A. 1976, University of South Dakota
Ph.D. 1979, Colorado State University