Jennie Johnson

Jennie Johnson is the Senior Associate Director of Instructional Design and Special Projects at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. She has over fifteen years of experience designing impactful and innovative learning experiences in higher education and corporate training contexts.

In her current role, Jennie provides end-to-end design support on high-profile, complex course design projects that further School and University priorities, and supervises the day-to-day work of the School’s instructional designers.

Prior to joining Columbia in 2015, Jennie was an instructional designer at Manhattan College where she assisted in the creation of faculty course design workshops, helped establish an integrative learning community of practice for faculty, and co-created a set of hybrid course development and delivery standards.

Before transitioning to higher education, Jennie worked as an instructional designer for Management Concepts where she designed instructor-led courses in multiple modalities, supported the implementation of a Learning Content Management System, and championed a design approach that emphasized learning transfer and behavior change back on the job.

Jennie holds an M.A.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction and B.A. in English from The College of William and Mary. Additionally, she is a Quality Matters-certified Peer Reviewer and Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Online Facilitator.