Linc Johnson, Ed.D. began his career in teaching at the ripe, old age of 22, becoming a special education teacher for the first twenty years and then promoting into administration. He comes to UNLV from a successful background as a professor teaching English at Los Angeles Southwest College and Cerro Coso Community College. He also was professor of teacher education at California State University, working at the Dominguez Hills, Bakersfield and San Diego State campuses. His research interests are globalization in higher education, expanding students' worldviews, student engagement and interaction, multicultural education, over-representation in special education and recruitment/retention of male teachers, especially from BIPOC backgrounds.

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