Amy Johnson is a linguistic anthropologist and scholar of science, technology, and society (STS). She studies digital technologies across English, Japanese, and Arabic, with particular attention to unexpected users and uses; government social media practices; platform policy; software localization; and digital forms of parody, personification, and play.
Since early 2018 Dr. Johnson has been experimenting with speculative techniques for exploring the societal impact of technologies and social change, 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 visiting research fellow at the Language and Technology Lab at MIT.
