Assistant Professor Mark Johnson
Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Educational Policy Studies
209 Education Building
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Tel: (608) 263-2973
Email: msjohnson9@wisc.edu
Doctoral Degree:
Columbia University, Ph.D. History, 1995.
Academic Areas of Interest:
Professor Johnson's research and teaching interests focus on the global and comparative history of education; education in Russia and Central Eurasia, especially post-Soviet higher education policy; and United States international education policy and public diplomacy programs.
Current and Recent Professional Activities:
Professor Johnson has worked as a consultant and evaluator for numerous public and private agencies including the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Civilian Research and Development Foundation.
Recent and Representative Publications:
"Trends in Secular Educational Development in Azerbaijan and Central Asia: Implications for Social Stability and Regional Security" National Bureau of Asian Research Analysis 15, No. 5 (December 2004): 7-56
Building Capacity for Innovative Social Science Research and Education in Russian Regional Universities (New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2007)
with Iveta Silova and Stephen Heyneman, "Education and the Decline of Social Cohesion in Azerbaijan and Central Asia," Comparative Education Review 51, No. 2 (May 2007): 159-180
"Historical Legacies of Soviet Higher Education and the Transformation of Higher Education Systems in Russia and Eurasia," in Alex W. Wiseman and David P. Baker (eds.), The Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education (Oxford: Emerald Publishing for Elsevier Science, 2008), pp. 159-176
Building Professional Skills and University Capacity for Policy-Relevant Social Science Research in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan: The Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) Program (Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia: Eurasia Foundation and Eurasia Partnership Foundation, 2009
Course Syllabus:
EPS 675: Introduction to Comparative and International Education
