Bonnie Johnson

Bonnie J. Johnson, PhD, FAICP is Assistant Director of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas and Professor of Urban Planning. She teaches planning theory, politics, and public management courses. Research focuses on the profession of city planning and the roles and ethics of being a planner. Contributions to the field include creation of the civic bureaucracy model, groundbreaking research on staff reports, and comparative studies of public service professions and their codes of ethics. Before returning to school for her doctorate, Johnson was a practicing city planner for eight years designing citizen engagement processes for neighborhood, corridor, and city/countywide plans. At the City of Liberty, Missouri, she was project manager for Liberty's award-winning Blueprint for Liberty: Land Use Plan. The plan was awarded the American Planning Association's Outstanding Planning Award. She is the book review editor for the Journal of the American Planning Association and member of the Planning Accreditation Board representing the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. She was the elected Professional Development Officer for the Kansas Chapter of APA for 14 years, served on the Ethics Committee for the American Institute of Certified Planners, and was inducted into the AICP College of Fellows in 2020.