Dr. Ikea Johnson

Areas of Expertise

• Comparative literature

Education

• B.A. in English, Auburn University at Montgomery (2016)
• MLA in English, Auburn University at Montgomery (2018)
• Ph.D. in comparative literature, Louisiana State University (2022)

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Selected Publications

Johnson, Ikea, “Oceanic Memory; Afrofuturist Reimagining: Exploring Black identity as a passage through literature and state,” Motif Magazine, January 2025. https://motifri.com/oceanic-memory-afrofuturist-reimagining-exploring-black-identity-as-a-passage-through-literature-and-state/

Johnson, Ikea M. “On Compassion and the Sublime Black Body: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, vol. 43, no. 2, 2020, p. 92+. Gale Literature Resource Center.

Johnson, Ikea M. “Revisiting Recognition: Buddhist Philosophy in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, vol. 43, no. 1, 2020, p. 101+. Gale Academic OneFile.

Johnson, Ikea M. “Buddhist Recognition in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, vol. 42, no. 2, 2019, p. 85+. Gale Academic OneFile.