Midwest Messenger: Name Your Favorites
Name: Sarah Z Johnson
Title: Writing Center Director, English Department co-chair
College: Madison Area Tech College
TYCA Member since: 2002
Favorite Class You Teach: Oral Interpersonal Communication
Favorite “Aha” Moment a Student Had in Your Class: Happened last week—when a student realized during our discussion of conflict and interpersonal communication that her usual method of “conflict expression” was passive aggression and she said, “Oh my God. That’s not good, is it?”
Favorite Book: Spenser’s Faerie Queene. I’m not making that up. I’m really really nerdy.
Favorite Artist: Prince
Favorite Movie Adaptation: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Colleague (Uh-oh, this could get you in trouble…LOL!): Andy Anderson!! :)
Favorite Politician/Why?: I can’t even right now (answer given in October of 2020!)
Favorite Song: Lovely Day by Bill Withers
Favorite Emoji: the fake smile/gritted teeth emoji