Thomas Johnson, Research Professor and Director, Biography
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2011-09
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Professor Johnson is a member of the National Security Affairs Department faculty as well the Director of the Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. At NPS,
Johnson is teaching courses on Afghanistan, Central Asian crises, politics, terrorism, and security. He also regularly contributes to the Regional Security
Education Program and the Leadership Development and Education for Security and Peace Program at NPS where he briefs deploying troops on subjects
such as Afghanistan, Iraq, WMD proliferation, and the global jihad. He regularly conducts field research in Central and South Asia (he spent much of summers
of 2008 and 2009 in Afghanistan) and he is presently working on a book manuscript on the culture and implications' of the Taliban as expressed through their
narratives especially in the form of shabnamah or "Night Letters." Professor Johnson previously has been on the faculty at the University of Southern
California, George Mason University and the Foreign Service Institute. He is a past recipient of the Charles E. Merriam Award for Outstanding Public Policy
Research from the University of Illinois.
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Biography
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Biography and Publications of Thomas Johnson.
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