
Department
Faculty
Discipline
English
Dr. Lonnell Johnson
Professor
Teaching since: 2013
Education
- B.S. in Pharmacy, Purdue University
- M.A. in English, Emporia State University
- Ph.D. in English, Indiana University
Ministry
- Associate Pastor, Equippers City Church, Columbus, OH, 1994–2013
- Associate Pastor, Director of Christian Education, Christian Provision Ministries, Sanford, NC, 2014–2020
- Member, Grace Covenant Church, Chantilly, VA, 2020–
Experience
- Professor of English, Otterbein University, 1997–2004
- Adjunct Faculty, University of Phoenix, Columbus, OH, 2006–2012
- National College, Columbus, OH, 2009–2013
- Ohio Christian University, Columbus, OH, 2011–2013
- Indiana Wesleyan University, Columbus, OH, 2011–2014
- Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, 2013–2017
- St. Augustine's University, Raleigh, NC, 2020–
- Professor, CCBS, 2013–
Publications
- Dissertation: "Portrait of the Bondslave in the Bible: Slavery and Freedom in the Works of Four Afro-American Poets"
- Founder, Ambassador Press, LLC, 2004–2009
- Dr. J's Apothecary Shoppe, personal blog, 2009–
- Embracing Your Life Sentence: How to Turn Life's Greatest Tragedies into Your Greatest Triumphs (2018)
- Watch, Fight, & Pray: My Personal Three-Fold Strategy to Combat Prostate Cancer (2005, no longer
- "Reflections on My Journey into Academe" in Thought and Action (Summer 2003): 49–57.
- "No Mo Blues" in Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay, 5th ed. (2000)
- Sacred Jazz: Music, Mood, & Mind (1994)