Meet the Team - Melissa Johnson

Name: Melissa Johnson

Undergraduate degree(s) + school(s): BA in English from The University of Texas at Austin

Graduate degree(s) + school(s): MLitt in Shakespeare & Performance from Mary Baldwin University, PhD in English from the University of Minnesota

Subject you teach: English

Favorite memory since you’ve been at Lyon: watching my Shakespeare students perform scenes from Romeo and Juliet in bathrobes, with foam swords!

Things you do outside of the classroom: I perform and teach dance classes with the North Arkansas Dance academy here in town, and I occasionally do some community theatre as well.

Fun fact about you: I like to sew dresses from vintage patterns