Dr. Jessica A. Johnson is an educator, columnist and researcher in Columbus, Ohio whose academic work centers on race and gender issues in sport history and popular culture. Her most recent scholarly article on the rioting that occurred after the 1910 Jack Johnson/Jim Jeffries heavyweight title fight was published in the Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. She has lectured in the Comparative Studies and African American and African Studies departments at The Ohio State University.

Dr. Johnson currently teaches English composition courses in the Communications Skills department at Columbus State Community College. She has been featured as a panelist on WOSU-TV’s Columbus On The Record and is a special correspondent for The Columbus Dispatch and an opinion columnist for The Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA).

Dr. Johnson is active in the community through her church, Support Ministries of Jesus Christ, Inc., where she is a musician for the praise and worship team.