Ethel Ophelia Johnson is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Mass Communications at NCCU. She has a degree in journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also completed her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree at Queens University of Charlotte.
Prior to her arrival at NCCU in 2024, she began working at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, NC, in 2014, and has taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ; Middlesex County Community College in Edison, NJ; and other private colleges and universities.
At NCCU, she teaches the Elements of Speech (MSCM 1250) and film-related classes (e.g., MSCM 2580) in the Department of Mass Communications.