Poetry Reading with Poets, T. Anders Carson & Kendall Johnson

Kendall Johnson, former firefighter with military experience, served as traumatic stress consultant specializing in Incident Command System Class I & II commands. Dr. Johnson has lectured in fire houses, hospitals, emergency service institutes, conferences, government training facilities, universities, here and abroad. Dr. Johnson was Adjunct Faculty member at the California State Training Institute (Governor’s Office of Emergency Services), served on the Faculty of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and was Associate Professor in the Master’s Degree program in Emergency Services Management at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Johnson has authored a number of professional papers, seven books in the treatment of traumatic stress, school crisis management, and recovery. Recently Dr. Johnson retired from teaching to pursue painting, photography, and writing. In that capacity he has written five literary books of artwork and poetry, and one in art history.