Education

2010 Saint Leo University, B.A.
2014 University of South Florida, M.A.
2021 University of South Florida, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

Approaches to Media Studies
World Cinema
American Cinema
Media and Society
Global Media Cultures
Visual Literacy

Career Specialties

Wesley Johnson focuses on critical media studies, cinema, and cultural studies. Broadly, Johnson’s research centers on the figural economy of media and representation, attending to the visceral on screens and embodied experiences of rage. 

Professional and Community Activities

Johnson’s work explores the textual archive of everyday violence, paranoia, and racialized rage. His peer-reviewed writing has appeared in Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, Communication Education, The Florida Scholarly Review, and the Journal of Autoethnography. Current research projects consider conspirituality, body fascism and the body horror film, and performances of violence in the influencer economy.