Public Engagements

Conference Presentations

Johnson, V. J. (9 September 2023). Reclaiming and revitalizing Indigenous language and lifeways through community-based and self-determined education [Conference presentation]. Language, Migration and Education: Cultivating Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.

Johnson, V. J. (5 August 2023). Global growth of Montessori through adaptation to local circumstances, culture, and place. [Conference presentation]. The 29th International Montessori Congress, Bangkok, Thailand.

Johnson, V. J. (21 March 2023). Revitalizing indigenous knowledge, culture, and language through community-based education: A global constructivist grounded theory study. [Paper presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

Johnson, V. J. (16 March 2023). Focusing on fusion: Flexibility and fidelity in Montessori. [Invited talk]. In Championing Montessori in Public Schools Initiative Pre- Conference Seminar. The Montessori Event 2024. Boston, MA.

Johnson, V. J., Hasnin, S., & Dalla, R. L. (2022, April 13). Exploring mealtime environment in Montessori early childhood learning centers. [Poster presentation]. CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood, Lincoln, NE, United States.

Johnson, V. J., & Kuo, P. X. (2022, April 13). Perceived coparenting support and difficult children: Mother and father differences. [Poster presentation]. CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood, Lincoln, NE, United States.

Kuo, P. X., & Johnson, V. J. (2022, April 13). Same Family, Different Emotions: Comparing Mothers and Fathers [Research presentation]. CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood, Lincoln, NE, United States.

Dalla, R. L., Roselius, K., & Johnson, V. J., Peter, J., Panchal, T.J., Ranjan, R., Mischra, M., & Sahu, S. (2021, Sept.).  "It's Destiny. What Can I Do?" A Life-Course Perspective of Sex Trafficking Among the Bedia of India.  Paper presented at the 18th annual meetings of the International Human Trafficking & Social Justice Conference. University of Toledo, USA. (Virtual).

Johnson, V. J., & Dalla, R. L. (7 April 2021). Can Montessori education lend socioemotional solutions for the refugee education crisis? A multiple-case study [Poster Session]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, virtual.

Johnson, V. J., & Kuo, P. X. (2020, November 8-11). Sticking together: Supportive coparenting between heterosexual couples, parenting stress, and  difficult children [Poster session]. 2020 NCFR Annual Conference, held virtually due to COVID-19.

Kuo, P. X., & Johnson, V. J. (2020). Marital to parenting spillover processes: Comparing fathers and mothers. In J. Mahalik (chair), New Directions on Father Involvement: Individual, Family, and Societal/Community Perspectives [Symposium]. American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.