Michele Johnson, PhD

Dr. Michele Johnson currently serves as the Air Force ROTC Director of Academic Support for Detachment 105A. In this capacity, she provides direct support to the cadre and cadets and functions as the liaison between UCCS and CU Boulder and between the Detachment and the College of Education.   

In her previous role, Dr. Johnson served as Deputy Director for the US Air Force Academy’s Center for Character and Leadership Development, where she taught leadership courses to junior and senior cadets, as well as partnered with faculty and staff to integrate character and leadership education, training, and experiences across the 47-month cadet course of instruction.

During her 25-year active-duty Air Force career, Colonel (Retired) Johnson commanded squadrons at the US Air Force Academy and Basic Military Training (BMT). She spent the first half of her career as a cyberspace officer before transitioning her focus to education and training roles. Dr. Johnson served on the faculty at Air University in the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and was Dean of Students at the Air Command and Staff College. Her extensive experience encompasses pre-commissioning education at USAFA, enlisted accession education at BMT, and officer professional military education at Air University.

Dr. Johnson received her commission through Air Force ROTC and earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Saint Michael’s College in Winooski, Vermont. In addition, she has a master’s degree in information resource management from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.