Faculty

Dana Johnson

Associate Professor of English

Contact Information
E-mail: danajohn@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 821-0477
Office: THH 431

LINKS

 Personal Website

 Education

• B.A. Print Journalism, University of Southern California, 5/1990

• M.F.A. Creative Writing, Indiana University, 5/2000

Description of Research

Interests: Professor Johnson's short story collection, Break Any Woman Down, was awarded the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her interests include ethnic-American literature, gender and race studies, and issues of class.

Publications

Fiction

• In the Not Quite Dark (Counterpoint, 2016)
  
• Elsewhere, California (Counterpoint, 2012)
• Break Any Woman Down (Anchor, 2003)

Honors and Awards

• Finalist, Hurston/Wright Foundation Award, 2002-2003   

• Finalist, Patterson Fiction Prize, 2002-2003   

• Special Mention, Pushcart Prize for short story "Melvin in the Sixth Grade," 2002-2003   

• Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, 2000-2001