Abra M. Johnson

Abra M. Johnson is a member of the Education and Curriculum Committee, and a co-founding member of Honey Pot Performance (HPP). Most recently, she is a Co-Movement Director for "1919", Steppenwolf Theatre's production for Young Adults. A proud Chicagoan and Westsider, she has held a variety of local educational activist posts for two decades. Currently, she is a tenured Assistant Professor of Sociology and co-chair of Social Sciences at Malcolm X College. The nodes and focal points of her fascination and scholarly interests, converge acutely within the music- and movement-driven genres and cultures of Hip-Hop and (Chicago) House. These experiences and interests are the channels through which Professor Johnson pushes beyond academic boundaries to engage with the complexity of communities that defines and typifies global cities like her hometown, Chicago.