La'Nita Johnson
Part Time Staff
School of Education
Additional Positions at AU
Interim Graduate Program Coordinator - ITEP
Degrees
MA, International Training and Education, American University
BA, Hispanic Studies and International Studies, Pepperdine University
Languages Spoken
Spanish and French
Bio
La'Nita Johnson serves as the Interim Graduate Program Coordinator for the International Training and Education Program (ITEP) in the School of Education. Her responsibilities include student advising, facilitating marketing and communications and program event planning. Prior to this position, La'Nita was a student of the program and served as a Graduate Research Assistant to two SOE professors.
Her research interests include positive youth development programming, gang prevention initiatives for Northern Triangle immigrant youth, transitional justice and collective memory, and education for countering violent extremism.