Bonnie Johnson

About Bonnie Johnson

Johnson teaches planning theory and politics. She researches planning practice and was a planner for 8 years. For Liberty, Missouri, she managed their APA national award-winning plan. She is KS APA Chapter Professional Development Officer, AICP Fellow, on the Planning Accreditation Board, and past member of the AICP Ethics Committee.

Areas of Expertise

Land Use Planning and Governance, Planning History or History, Planning Law and Administration

Selected Publications

Johnson, B. J. (2025). Group Reflective Practice for Planning Commissioners. Journal of the American Planning Association. Available Open Access https://www.tandfonline.com/do... ; Halegoua, G., & Johnson, B. J. (2020). Seeing Like a Neighbor: Rethinking Neighborhoods as Service-oriented Communities. Urban Affairs Review. 57(6):1730-1758. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1078... , Johnson, B. (2018). Planners as Leaders: Finding Their Comfort Zone. International Journal of Public Leadership, 14(3), 155-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPL-04-2018-0022, Johnson, B. J., Peck, M. K., FAICP, & Preston, S., FAICP. (2017). City Managers have Ethics too? Comparing Planning and City Management Codes of Ethics. Journal of the American Planning Association, 83(2), 183-201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0194... , Johnson, B. J., & Lyles, W. (2016). The Unexamined Staff Report: Results From an Evaluation of a National Sample. Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(1), 22-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0194...

Recent Courses Taught

UBPL 763: Politics & Planning, UBPL 785: History and Theory of Planning, PUAD 851: Infrastructure Management