K.C. Johnson
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Professor KC Johnson |
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| Born |
Robert David Johnson November 27, 1967 (age 50) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, and University of Chicago |
| Occupation | History professor |
| Employer | Brooklyn College and City University of New York |
| Known for |
Writings on the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case |
| Website | kc-johnson |
Writings on the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case
Robert David Johnson (born 1967), also known as KC Johnson, is an American history professor at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. He played a major role in disseminating the facts about the Duke University lacrosse rape case in 2006-7. In 2007 he co-authored a book, Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustice of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case.
Johnson was raised in Leominster, MA, the son of Massachusetts schoolteachers. His father, Robert Johnson, was a star basketball player at Fitchburg State College, leading the nation in scoring at 39.1 points per game in 1964. Johnson's sister Kathleen was the starting point guard for the Columbia University women's basketball team in the early 1990s. Johnson is also an athlete and has run numerous marathons. He currently resides in New York, New York.[1] In 2007-08, he taught at Tel Aviv University in Israel on a Fulbright Scholarship.[2]
Johnson attended Groton School, Massachusetts. He received his B.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1993) from Harvard University, and his M.A. from the University of Chicago (1989). Johnson taught at Arizona State University and Williams College and served as visiting professor at Harvard (2005) and at Tel Aviv University (2007-8), as Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Humanities. Before earning his master's degree, Johnson worked as a track announcer for several years at Scarborough Downs.
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