Carol Johnson

Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
About Me
After getting a BA in studio art and a Ph.D. in English, Johnson found employment as a technical writer in the software industry. At NJIT she helps students reach their full potential in public speaking, engaging with the arts and generally finding balance and joy in their educational lives. Previously a world-class parallel parker, she now excels in dish drain jenga.
Education
Ph.D.; CUNY Graduate School and University Center; English; 1995
B.A.; Mount Holyoke College; Studio Art; 1980
Website
http://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/
2026 Fall Courses
HSS 404 - LIFELONG LEARNING WITH AUDIOBOOKS
COM 337 - PHOTOJOURNALISM
Teaching Interests
Teaching photojournalism, social interaction and oral presentations.
Past Courses
COM 312: ORAL PRESENTATION - HONORS
COM 312: ORAL PRESENTATIONS
COM 337: PHOTOJOURNALISM
ENG 340: ORAL PRESENTATION
ENG 340: ORAL PRESENTATIONS
ENG 352: TECHNICAL WRITING
ENG 352: TECHNICAL WRITING - HONORS
HSS 404: ENG SEM: LIFELONG LEARNING WITH AUDIOBOOKS
HSS 404: LIT SEM: LIFELONG LEARNING W/ AUDIOBOOKS
HSS 404: LIT SEM: LIFELONG LEARNING WITH AUDIOBOOKS
Research Interests
Formerly, the history of technical communication, educational assessment, industrial archaeology, and archaic shorthand history. Presently, local history, photography, and literature.
Journal Article
Bernadette C. Longo, Nancy Walters Coppola, Norbert Elliot, Philip Andrew Klobucar, Carol S. Johnson. 2013. "A Program for Research for Technical Communication: Adaptive Learning." Communication Design Quarterly, ACM SIGDOC, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 15-17.
Carol S. Johnson, Norbert Elliot. 2010. "Undergraduate Technical Writing Assessment: A Model." Programmatic Perspectives, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. pp. 110-151.
Carol S. Johnson. 2009. "Robert Erskine’s 1770 Letters about the British Iron and Steel Industry." Historical Metallurgy, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. pp. 75-97.
Carol S. Johnson. 2008. "The Evolution of Illustrated Texts and its Effect on Science: an Example from the Early American State Geological Reports." Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. pp. 120-127.
Carol S. Johnson. 2007. "The Steel Bible: A Case Study of 20th Century Technical Communication." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. pp. 281-303.
Carol S. Johnson. 2006. "The Analytic Assessment of Online Portfolios in Undergraduate Technical Communication: A Model." Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. pp. 279-287.
Conference Proceeding
"Negotiating Borders between Male and Female Workspaces"
IEEE PCS, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2013.
"Postsecondary Placement and Rapid Assessment: Setting Standards, Engaging Automated Essay Evaluation, and Establishing Signaling Effects"
National Center for Assessment in Higher Education, December, 2012.
"Written Knowledge and Complex Technology: A Case Study of the American Institute of Mining Engineers"
ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference Proceedings, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2011.
Other
"History of the New York State Regent's Exams"
ERIC.ed.gov, December, 2009.
Book
Carol S. Johnson. "The Language of Work: Technical Communication at Lukens Steel, 1810 to 1925." 212 pages pp. Baywood Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-0895033840 .
Newsletter
"Technical Communications and IA: Case Studies from the Iron and Steel Industry"
Society for Industrial Archaeology Newsletter, November, 2008.
Chapter
Carol S. Johnson, Susan Fowler. "Site-Specific Content Management Systems: Analyze Before You Act." In George Pullman, Baotong Gu, eds., pp. pp. 38-48. Baywood Publishing, 2008.