Email: stevenberlinjohnson@earthlink.net
Steven Johnson joins the Department of Journalism as a Distinguished Writer in Residence. He is the author of the bestselling book Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life (Scribner, 2004) and the author of the widely-acclaimed books Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software (Scribner, 2001) and Interface Culture: How Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate (Harper Collins, 1997). Emergence was named a finalist for the Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. His newest book is the bestseller Everything Bad is Good For You: Why Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter (Riverhead, 2005). The work illustrates the complexity in contemporary video games, television shows and movies and the educational value of them. Professor Johnson's writing has also appeared in numerous publications, such as The New Yorker, The Nation, Harper's, The London Guardian, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He writes the monthly "Emerging Technology" column for Discover magazine and is a Contributing Editor to Wired. Professor Johnson has made numerous television and radio appearances as a technology commentator. He earned his B.A. in Semiotics from Brown University (1990) and his M.A. (1991) in English from Columbia University.
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