[ATTW-L] Johndan Johnson-Eilola

Wed Nov 15 17:28:14 UTC 2023

This news hits me so hard! Professor Eilola is gone too soon.
I am so heartbroken.

May his memory be a blessing.

~jw

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On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 8:34 AM Kalmbach, James <kalmbach at ilstu.edu> wrote:

> Johndan was a student of mine when he was an undergraduate at Michigan
> Tech. He was just as brilliant then. So full of promise.
>
> Jim
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> On Nov 15, 2023, at 10:12 AM, Barbara L'Eplattenier <bleplatt at ualr.edu>
> wrote:
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> Oh how awful.  I've lost touch with Johndan but he was my professor at
> Purdue and showed me that it was possible to have a different path through
> academia.  What a horrible loss.
>
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:05 AM Faber, Brenton <bdfaber at wpi.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Please see below, Johndan was a wonderful mentor, researcher,
>> collaborator, and colleague. He was fabulously productive. He authored or
>> edited seven books, more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, and
>> two textbooks. His influence on his students and faculty colleagues was
>> profound and lasting. He had a wonderful sense of humor, his work was
>> innovative, challenging, and spanned many disciplines including rhetoric,
>> design, technology, and philosophy. He will be deeply missed.
>>
>>
>>
>>    - brent
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>> *Sent on Behalf of the University and Our Department of Communication,
>> Media & Design in the School of Arts & Sciences*
>>
>> Dear Clarkson Community,
>>
>> It is with great sadness that I share that our colleague, Prof. Johndan
>> Johnson-Eilola, Department Chair and Professor in the Department of
>> Communication, Media & Design in the School of Arts & Sciences, passed away
>> Sunday, November 12.
>>
>> Our deepest condolences go to Prof. Johnson-Eilola’s daughter, Carolyn
>> Eilola, his parents, his fiancée DeAnn Doll, and the many family, friends,
>> and colleagues in his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kelly
>> Johnson-Eilola in 2020.
>>
>> Prof. Johnson-Eiloa joined the Clarkson community in 2000 and most
>> recently served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication,
>> Media & Design. Johndan was also the long-time Chair of Clarkson’s
>> Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects Research (2011-2021), and
>> served early on as Director of Clarkson’s Eastman Kodak Center for
>> Excellence in Communication (2000-2004).
>>
>> Prof. Johnson-Eilola gained international recognition for his
>> contributions to finding intersections between practice and theory, and was
>> considered an expert in hypertext theory and practice, online communities,
>> and the politics of technology. During his career, he authored or edited
>> seven books, two textbooks, and more than fifty journal articles and book
>> chapters. He worked on research projects funded by the National Endowment
>> for the Arts, the National Science Foundation, the New York State
>> Department of Education, Procter & Gamble, Apple Computer, Ford Motor
>> Company, Hewlett-Packard, and others.
>>
>> Grief counseling services are available to all members of the Clarkson
>> Community as shared below. The Counseling Center invites members of the
>> Clarkson Community to come together in Bertrand Snell Hall Room 346 from
>> 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14 to share memories, support each
>> other, and/or write messages of condolences for Prof. Johnson-Eiola's
>> family. Please be understanding of one another and do what you believe is
>> best for you in connecting with others for support and expressing your
>> grief.
>>
>> With deepest sympathy,
>>
>>
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>> President
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