Ryan Johnson

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Title
Adjunct Faculty - Humanities
Department
Humanities

Education

  • University of Texas at Dallas
    Doctorate of Philosophy
  • Colorado University
    M.A. Asian Languages & Civs
  • DePauw University
    B.A. East Asian Studies/Religious Studies

Previous Positions

PositionStartEnd
English Foreign Language Expert, Wuhan Textiles University2009-08-012010-06-30
English and Language Arts Teacher, Dallas ISD2014-11-102015-08-01
English and Language Arts Teacher, Richardson ISD2015-08-012016-08-01
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arts, University of Texas at Dallas2016-08-012018-08-01
Adjunct Instructor of Humanities, Tarrant County College2017-08-012021-08-01
Graduate Instructor of Record, English, University of Texas at Dallas2018-08-012021-05-30
Associate Professor of English, Collin College2019-08-012021-05-30

Courses Taught at Amarillo College

Course IDCourse NameTerm
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2025SU
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2025SP
HUMA-1315-004Fine Arts Appreciation2025SP
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2025FA
HUMA-1315-010Fine Arts Appreciation2025FA
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2025FA
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2024SU
HUMA-1301-CS1Intro to the Humanities I2024SU
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2024SP
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2024FA
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2024FA
HUMA-1315-010Fine Arts Appreciation2024FA
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2023SU
ENGL-1301-LC05Composition I2023SP
INRW-0303-LC05Integrated Reading/Writing2023SP
ENGL-1302-DC012Composition II2023SP
HUMA-1315-001Fine Arts Appreciation2023SP
HUMA-1315-004Fine Arts Appreciation2023SP
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2023SP
HUMA-1301-003Intro to the Humanities I2023SP
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2023FA
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2023FA
HUMA-1315-010Fine Arts Appreciation2023FA
HUMA-1301-002Intro to the Humanities I2022SU
HUMA-1315-001Fine Arts Appreciation2022SU
HUMA-1315-001Fine Arts Appreciation2022SP
HUMA-1315-004Fine Arts Appreciation2022SP
HUMA-1301-002Intro to the Humanities I2022SP
HUMA-1315-007Fine Arts Appreciation2022SP
HUMA-1301-013Intro to the Humanities I2022SP
ENGL-1301-034Composition I2022FA
ENGL-1301-061Composition I2022FA
ENGL-1302-011Composition II2022FA
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2022FA
HUMA-1315-005Fine Arts Appreciation2022FA
HUMA-1301-007Intro to the Humanities I2022FA
HUMA-1301-001Intro to the Humanities I2021FA
ENGL-1301-033Composition I2021FA
ENGL-1302-011Composition II2021FA
ENGL-1301-061Composition I2021FA
HUMA-1301-002Intro to the Humanities I2021FA

Other Credentials

Credential
PhD, Humanities--Studies in Literature, University of Texas at Dallas, 2021
BA, East Asian Studies, DePauw University, 2009
MA, English, WTAMU

Publications, Presentations, Public Works and Awards

The Code of the Superhero: Morality and Citizenship in the Comics. McFarland & Company, publication pending (2025).

“But Why Are We Earth 2?: Neo-Platonic Emanations in the DC Multiverse,” chapter in untitled book on DC Comics and Metaphysics, McFarland & Company, publication pending (2025-2026).

“Our Lord and Savior Ultra Comics: Mysticism and Metalepsis in Grant Morrison’s The Multiversity,” chapter in untitled book on Grant Morrison Comics and Religion, McFarland & Company, publication pending (2025-2026).

“Space Marines: The Sublime and Grotesque in Warhammer 40,000,” chapter in untitled Psychgeist series book, publication pending (2024-2025).

“Super-Shojo: The Demasculinization of the Superhero in My Adventures with Superman.” Journal of Popular Culture. Under revision, publication pending.

“On Requiems and Nut-Shots: Grotesque, Carnival, and Postmodernism in Chainsaw Man.” East Asian Journal of Popular Culture. Under revision, publication pending.

“I'm Not a Hero, I'm Just Drawn That Way: A Review of Super Bodies. The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, Vol 13, 2023.

“Meeting Your Heroes: The Renaissance Age and the Transmission of Values in My Hero Academia.” The Phoenix Papers, Vol. 5, no. 1, 2022, 108-118.

“A Boy and his God: The Promise of Masculinity in Captain Marvel.” The Phoenix Papers, Vol. 4, no. 1, 2018, 76-92.

“In One Blow: The Futility of Nietzsche in One Punch Man.” The Phoenix Papers, Vol. 4, no. 1, 2018, 143-157.

“Review of Gunslinging Justice: The American Culture of Gun Violence in Westerns and the Law. Journal of Popular Culture.” The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 53, iss. 1, 2020, 238-240.