Biography
Genevieve Fuji Johnson (she/her) studies and teaches feminist political thought (with an emphasis on racialized and minoritized critical scholars), solidaristic scholarship, democratic theory, interpretive policy analysis, qualitative methodology, and a range of current public policy issues.Her current research, with sex worker rights activist, educator, and writer, Kerry Porth, focuses on the governance of sex work in Canadian and US cities. Their book project, which includes a graphic novel, Beneath the Red Umbrella: Sex and Solidarity! is forthcoming from the University of Toronto Press. In this project, they develop a case for solidaristic scholarship explicitly serving the justice struggles of marginalized communities. For a taste, please check out their comic strips so far (https://anunusualacademic.com/comics/). Dr. Johnson also researches discriminatory practices and policies within academia, specifically, Canadian universities. In this work, she centers the experiences of racialized and minoritized people as sources of knowledge and transformation. Her research, past and present, has been funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants. Dr. Johnson is a Dialogue Associate of the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, SFU and an Associate of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. She currently serves as a member of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Board of Directors. Genevieve is a past president of the Canadian Political Science Association having served as President over the academic year of 2023-2024. She served as a member of the SFU Faculty Association Executive Committee, the Living in Community Steering Committee, and the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) Board of Directors. She was President of DEWC from 2017-2020. She was Treasurer of Surfrider Pacific Rim Chapter, 2022-2023. Finally, she was a kitchen volunteer for WISH Drop-In Centre Society from 2010 to 2024.
