Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Assistant Specialist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson, is a member of the Hopi Tribe in Northern Arizona. Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Specialist- from the University of Arizona (UofA) within the School of Natural Resources and the Environment and is also affiliated with the UofA’s Indigenous Resilience Center and Cooperative Extension. Dr. Johnson holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Arizona. Dr. Johnson is also a co-author of the Indigenous Chapter in the National Climate Assessment Five. Dr. Johnson is also a practitioner and continues to practice Hopi dry-farming a practice of his people for millennia. He specializes in Indigenous agriculture and land use management schemes. 

Degree(s)

  • Phd, Natural Resource Management, University of Arizona, 2019