Matthew Johnson holds an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Hacettepe University, Turkey, and a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland, where he began his activism organizing against war, poverty, racism, mass incarceration, and gender-based violence. He currently serves as the Publications Chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association. He has published several articles and contributed to many books related to gender, racial, social, and restorative justice and is co-author and editor (with Dr Laura Finley) of the 2018 book Trumpism: The Politics of Gender in a Post-Propitious America. In addition, he has served as an educator in a variety of contexts, most recently in the virtual space as a cross-cultural dialogue facilitator and trainer for Soliya. He currently works as a User Experience Researcher.