Amy Johnson is a linguistic anthropologist and scholar of science, technology, and society (STS). She studies unexpected uses of digital technologies across English, Japanese, and Arabic, with particular attention to government use of social media; platform policy and localization; and digital forms of parody, personification, and play.
Since early 2018 Dr. Johnson has been experimenting with speculative techniques for investigating past, present, and future technologies, and runs a related working group at BKC. She holds a PhD from MIT's Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society and is currently a fellow at the Language and Technology Lab at MIT.
