Genevieve Fuji Johnson

 Director (newly-elected)

 Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University

  Genevieve Fuji Johnson is a professor of political science at Simon Fraser University. She studies and teaches feminist political thought (with an emphasis on racialized and minoritized critical scholars), solidaristic scholarship, democratic theory, interpretive policy analysis, qualitative methodology, and a range of current public policy issues.

Her current research, with sex worker rights activist and educator, Kerry Porth, focuses on the governance of sex work in Canadian and US cities. They are currently working on a book project, and corresponding graphic novel, entitled Beneath the Red Umbrella: Sex and Solidarity! In this project, they develop a case for solidaristic scholarship explicitly serving the justice struggles of marginalized communities. 

Dr. Johnson is also conducting research on the gender and racialized demographics of those in governance positions in Canadian universities, which may serve in helping to identify barriers to the more equitable representation of racialized and minoritized people in these positions. Her research, past and present, has been funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grants.

Dr. Johnson is a Dialogue Associate of the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, SFU and an Associate of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, University of Canberra.

She is the President of the Canadian Political Science Association. In previous service work, she was a member of the SFU Faculty Association Executive Committee, the Living in Community Steering Committee, and the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) Board of Directors. She was President of DEWC from 2017-2020. She is a long-time volunteer for the WISH Drop-In Centre Society.