Ruth Johnson

Several faculty have recently authored or co-authored books, book chapters, and articles that appear in prestigious academic journals. BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS Joslyn Barnhart, assistant professor of government, is the author of The Consequences of Humiliation: Anger and Status in World Politics (Cornell University Press, 2020). Susanne Fusso, Marcus L. Taft Professor of Modern Languages, is the translator of The Nose and Other Stories by Nikolai Gogol (Columbia University Press, 2020). Ruth Johnson, associate professor of biology, is the author of a book chapter titled "Adhesion and the Cytoskeleton in the Drosophila Pupal Eye," published in the book Molecular Genetics…

Ruth Johnson, assistant professor of biology, assistant professor of integrative sciences, is the co-author of a new paper titled "The adaptor protein Cindr regulates JNK activity to maintain epithelial sheet integrity" published in the journal Developmental Biology on Jan. 7. The paper was co-authored by Hannah Yasin '15, Samuel van Rensburg MA '15, and Christina Feiler, an exchange masters student who worked in Johnson's lab during 2012-13. The publication represents Yasin's honors thesis, and van Rensburg's and Feiler's masters theses. According to the abstract: Epithelia are essential barrier tissues that must be appropriately maintained for their correct function. To achieve this a plethora…

The Green Street Teaching and Learning Center hosted a Girls in Science Camp Aug. 3-7. Wesleyan faculty members Ruth Johnson, assistant professor of biology (pictured third from left); Erika Taylor, assistant professor of chemistry, assistant professor of environmental studies (pictured at far right); Chris Othon, assistant professor of physics (pictured at left), along with three undergraduate students, worked with the campers on various experiments. Sara MacSorley, director of the GSTLC (second from left), coordinated the activities. Johnson led the campers on a bug hunt through Wesleyan's West College Courtyard garden. There, the girls observed insects while considering insect diets and insect life-cycles. The girls…

Faculty Publish Books, Journal Articles

Johnson, Alumni Author New Paper in Developmental Biology

Faculty Teach Local Girls about Science