<p>Mike Johansson spent 20+ years in various capacities for media companies in New Zealand, Australia and the United States before joining the School of Communication in 2009.</p><p>Among his achievements in the business world: He won two fellowships to the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. (for publication design and media ethics studies), was one of 12 UC-Berkeley Digital Journalism Fellows in 2003 and in 2004 founded <i>insider</i>, a free print weekly and website for 20-somethings in Rochester.</p><p>In addition to teaching, speaking and writing about social media, public relations and advertising he consults and speaks on social media outside of RIT. As faculty advisor for the RIT PR Club he also runs the PR Practicum, a 1-credit course designed to give additional PR experiences to students.</p><p>In Spring 2017 he was one of three instructors in a first for RIT - a one-semester, nine-credit Immersion called The Meaning of Things in Three Objects - a critical thinking course. In 2018 he developed two edX-RITx courses '<a href="https://www.edx.org/course/critical-thinking-problem-solving-ritx-skills103x-0">Critical Thinking &amp; Problem Solving</a>' and '<a href=" https://www.edx.org/course/design-thinking-ideation-iteration-and-communication-0">Design Thinking: Ideation, Iteration and Communication</a>'</p><p><strong>Degrees/Certifications</strong></p><p>M.A. in Newspaper Journalism, Syracuse University<br>Master Certificate in Integrated Online Marketing, University of San Francisco</p><p><strong>Positions Held</strong></p><p>Faculty Advisor to the RIT PR Club<br>Member of RIT’s campus-wide Social Media Task Force<br>Affiliate of <a href="https://www.rit.edu/magic/">RIT's MAGIC Center</a></p><p><strong>Courses offered</strong></p><ul><li>Public Relations</li><li>Public Relations Writing</li><li>Principles of Advertising</li><li>Copywriting &amp; Visualization</li><li>Reporting in a Specialized Field (Social Media)</li><li>PR Practicum</li><li>Special Topic (Social Media for PR)</li><li>Seminar in Social Media Marketing</li><li>Critical Practice in Social Media</li><li>Advanced Social Media</li></ul>