Emeritus Faculty

Janet Helen Johnson is an Egyptologist specializing in Egyptian language and the Late Period of ancient Egypt. Johnson received her BA in 1967 and her PhD in 1972, both from the University of Chicago. She was appointed assistant professor in 1972, promoted to associate professor in 1979, and full professor in 1981. Since 2003 she has served as the Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology. She has also been a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History, holding the position from 1980 to 1984 and from 1994 to 1999. Johnson was the Director of the Chicago Demotic Dictionary Project.