T. R. Johnson has directed the writing program at Tulane University since 2004. He is the author of
A Rhetoric of Pleasure: Prose Style and Today's Composition Classroom and the coeditor with Tom Pace of
Refiguring Prose Style: Possibilities for Writing Pedagogy. He hosts a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary jazz every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. CST at
www.wwoz.org. He has taught at Boston University, the University of New Orleans, and the University of Louisville. His work has appeared
College English, JAC, and
College Composition and Communication.