Jen White Johnson

Assistant Professor of Design and Visual Culture, Bowie State University

Washington, D.C.

Jen White Johnson - Born in DC and currently residing in Baltimore, Jen White-Johnson is a Photographer, Designer, Art Activist, Educator, and graduate of MICA’s Graphic Design Graduate Program. Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor of Design and Visual Culture at Bowie State University. Both her personal and academic work explores pedagogical approaches for implementing social justice practice in the curriculum. Additionally, she seeks contributions to that curriculum that cultivate diversity, inclusion, and equity while exemplifying student and community engagement beyond traditional historical practices. In October 2018 she released an advocacy photo zine entitled "KnoxRoxs" dedicated to her Autistic son, as a way to give visibility to children of color in the autism community. The zine has prompted the creation of family zine workshops as a way to foster conversation around the practice of design and mothering as an act of resistance. Since its release, the zine has received national and international recognition, including features in AfroPunk and The 2019 Women’s March on Washington, and is permanently archived in Libraries at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.