Department of Biological Sciences
Science Building, Room 338J
400 E. University Way 
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7537 
(509) 963-2876 
email: jjohnson@cwu.edu

Education

Ph.D. The University of Tennessee (Botany), 1997.
M.S. Eastern Illinois University (Botany), 1992.

Teaching

Mycology, Field Mycology, Plant Pathology, Fundamentals of Biology, Introductory Microbiology, Introduction to Evolution, and General Biology I

Research

Mycology, molecular systematics, molecular ecology and amphibian disease.

Recent Publications

• Johnson, J. E., S. F. Belmont, and R. S. Wagner. 2008. DNA barcoding as a means to identify organisms associated with amphibian eggs. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3(1):116-127.
• Chestnut, T., J. E. Johnson and R. S. Wagner. 2008. Results of amphibian chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) sampling in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. Herpetological Review 39(2): 202-204.
• Quitadamo, I. J., C. L. Faiola, J. E. Johnson, and M. J. Kurtz. 2008. Community-based inquiry improves critical thinking in general education biology. CBE-Life Sciences Education 7:327-337.
• Moncalvo, J.-M., R. Vilgalys, S. A. Redhead, J. E. Johnson, T. Y. James, M. C. Aime, V. Hofstetter, S. J. W. Verduin, E. Larsson, T. J. Baroni, R. G. Thorn, S. Jacobsson, H. Clemencon, and O. K. Miller Jr. 2002. One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23: 357-400.
• Hughes K. W., R. H. Petersen, J. E. Johnson, J.-M. Moncalvo, R. Vilgalys, S. A. Redhead, 0 T. Thomas, L. L. McGhee. 2001. Infrageneric phylogeny of Collybia s. str. based on sequences of ribosomal ITS and LSU regions. Mycological Research 105: 164-172.
• Hughes, K. W., L. L. McGhee, A. S. Methven, J. E. Johnson, and R. H. Petersen. 1999. Patterns of geographic speciation in the genus Flammulina based on sequences of the ribosomal ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 area. Mycologia 91: 978-992.
• Johnson, J. E. and R. H. Petersen. 1997. Mating systems in Xeromphalina species. Mycologia 89: 393-399.