Lt. Colonel Michele Johnson

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Currently, I am serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. My husband Dan (also Class of 1995), and I, along with our three boys, live in Montgomery, Alabama, where I am stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base. Currently, I fulfill the role of Professor of Strategy and Strategic Studies at Air University’s School of Advanced Air & Space Studies, the U.S. Air Force graduate school for strategists.

Over the past 21 years, the Air Force has given my family and me the opportunity to live in several different areas of the U.S., to include California, Ohio, Illinois, Colorado, Texas, and Alabama (in that order). Since graduating from SMC, I have earned a MS in Information Resource Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio, and a MA in Counseling & Leadership from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Most recently, I earned my PhD is Educational Leadership, Research and Policy from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. My research interests include leadership development, character development, coaching, and mentoring.

The math program at SMC prepared me well for each of my graduate programs, as well as enhanced my analytical skills. My current position involves conducting both quantitative and qualitative educational research and allows me to pull from my mathematics and liberal arts foundation. Furthermore, the ability to solve problems and approach challenges from a strategic level has been invaluable throughout my military career.