Dr. Ikea Johnson

Areas of Expertise

• Comparative literature

Education

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

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Selected Publications

Johnson, Ikea M. "The Dialectics of Nonviolence: Buddhist Empathy and African American Liberation Thought." Dialogues of the Heart: Daisaku Ikeda, Transnationalism, and American Literature, edited by Anita H. Patterson (Boston University), in collaboration with the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue, Cambridge, MA, 2026

Johnson, Ikea M. "Convergence of Consciousness: 'Binti' and the Synthesis of Hybrid Identities in AI" in Beyond the Turing Test: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence with editors: Ulf Dalvad Berthelsen, (Aarhus University), Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, (Aarhus University), and Morten Tannert (VIA University College). Routledge, 2026

Johnson, Ikea, "Oceanic Memory; Afrofuturist Reimagining: Exploring Black Identity as a Passage Through Literature and State," Motif Magazine, January 2025.

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.