Mark Johnson
Associate Professor of International Affairs
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johnsonm@newschool.edu
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Mark Johnson is Associate Professor of Practice in the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs, teaching skills courses that include Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Cycle Management, and supervising capstone Practicum projects. His course Worst and Better Practices in International Aid and Development was launched in response to his direct and indirect involvement during his years as an aid worker in projects that had negative unintended consequences. Johnson has led the Ethiopia International Field Program since 2008, bringing students to work with local NGOs on project work, monitoring and evaluation, and independent primary research. He also gives lectures at Addis Ababa University and runs capacity-building workshops for national NGOs. He serves as Monitoring and Evaluation director for Consortium of Self-Help Group Approach Promoters, an Ethiopian coalition of women's microenterprise groups.
Prior to joining The New School, Johnson worked in emergency relief, refugee resettlement and humanitarian aid for the International Rescue Committee, Center for International Rehabilitation, United Nations, and Human Rights Watch. He has worked in Pakistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Bosnia, Croatia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Burundi, and the U.S. He has a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Current Courses
Politics of Aid Evaluation
NINT 5472, Fall 2024
Project Cycle Management
NINT 6963, Fall 2024
Future Courses
Flat-fee IFP
NINT 5013, Summer 2025
Flat-fee IFP (BA/MA)
NINT 5014, Summer 2025
International Fieldwork
NINT 6000, Summer 2025
International Fieldwork (3)
NINT 6005, Summer 2025
International Fieldwork UG
UGLB 3013, Summer 2025
Monit & Eval-I: Setting Up M&E
NINT 5160, Spring 2025
Project Implementation: PIA II
NINT 6958, Spring 2025
Writing International Affairs
NINT 5156, Spring 2025
Past Courses
Flat-fee IFP
NINT 5013, Summer 2024
Flat-fee IFP (BA/MA)
NINT 5014, Summer 2024
International Fieldwork
NINT 6000, Summer 2024
International Fieldwork (3)
NINT 6005, Summer 2024
International Fieldwork UG
UGLB 3013, Summer 2024
Monit & Eval-I: Setting Up M&E
NINT 5160, Spring 2024
Project Implementation: PIA II
NINT 6958, Spring 2024