Dr. Jason Johnson is a professor, political analyst and public speaker. Fresh, unflappable, objective, and known for his ability to break down complex stories with wit and candor Dr. Jason Johnson is an up and coming voice in political and social commentary. Dr. Jason Johnson is the author the book Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell, and is currently a politics and journalism at Morgan State University in Baltimore. He serves as Politics Editor for TheRoot.com and regularly travels to speak on politics, popular culture and sports. He has worked for both Republicans and Democrats as a campaign manager and director in South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia. Internationally, Johnson worked the 2001 London mayoral race. In 2007 he lectured at the Independent Electoral Commission in Johannesburg South Africa. He has been an elections monitor in Mexico in 2006, 2009 and 2012. In 2012 and 2016 Dr. Johnson did a two-week speaking tour in Germany on Internet Strategy in Presidential Campaigns sponsored by the U.S. State Department.Dr. Johnson has been quoted by The Hill, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan’s largest circulation newspaper), O Globo in Brazil, Edinburgh Scotsman, Black Enterprise and Essence magazine. He has written for TheLoop21.com, Politic365, Huffington Post, BET.com, The Grio and The Source Magazine. He is a former political contributor for Al Jazeera English and HLN, and is a currently a political contributor for MSNBC and a contributor at SIRIUS XM radio. He has appeared on BBC, CBC in Canada and Russia Today. On radio Dr. Johnson has been on WVON in Chicago CKNY in Vancouver, Canada, Minnesota Public Radio, Stand-Up with Pete Dominic and NPR's WCPN and WHYY, and national programs such as NPR’s Morning Edition, and Talk of the Nation.