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Biography

Degree	Major Emphasis/Program Name	Institution	Year
Graduate Certificate	Organizational Change in Higher Education	University of Louisville	2025
Graduate Certificate	Higher Education Leadership	The Citadel	2023
Ph.D.	Education and Human Development, specialization in Counseling and Interdisciplinary Studies	George Mason University	2019
M.S.	Educational Psychology, concentration in Learning, Cognition, and Motivation	George Mason University	2010
B.A.	Higher Education, Campus Missions, and Business Administration	North Central University	2003

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Blake Johnson leads the Division of Student Success and Retention at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. In this role he oversees programs for Advising, Career Services, Academic Success, Student Disability Services, TRIO (four grants across SSS and Upward Bound), Academic Programs Support, New Student and Family Programs, The Writing Center, and Student Information Systems. He also serves on the Dean’s Council, Budget Council, Executive Committee for the Academic Advising Council, the EAB Leadership Team, the SEM Planning Committee, and the HLC Steering Committee. Outside of UAFS he has served as president of the Arkansas Academic Advising Network (ArkAAN). In 2025, based on his academic career and leadership experience, Blake was invited to participate in the Future President’s Intensive with EAB.

Blake is originally from Wyoming and also lived for many years in Washington, D.C. He has worked in higher education since 2002.