Johnson, Kirk R. 2002. " Megaflora of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in the western Dakotas: Vegetational response to climate change, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event, and rapid marine transgression." In The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains: An Integrated continental record of the end of the Cretaceous ; Special Paper 361. Hartman, Joseph J., Johnson, Kirk R., and Nichols, Douglas J., editors. 329–391. Geological Society of America. 361 https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2361-2.329. Tavernise, Sabrina; Worth, Robert F. (February 1, 2007). "Escaping Chaos in the Middle East: Few Iraqis Are Gaining US Sanctuary". Der Spiegel. ISSN 2195-1349 . Retrieved August 6, 2022. ...Kirk W. Johnson, who worked for the United States Agency for International Development in Falluja in 2005. Johnson’s recent documentaries include the three-part NOVA series Making North America (2015) and The Great Yellowstone Thaw(2017), which aired on PBS channels. He is currently working on a documentary about the ancient climate of the Arctic and Antarctic. His latest book, Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline, The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific explores the deep history of the West Coast from California to Alaska. His work was profiled in 60 Minutes, the Today Show, The New Yorker, and This American Life; it was the subject of his 2013 memoir To Be a Friend Is Fatal: the Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind. Johnson, Kirk R., Owens, Ian F. P., and Global Collection Group. 2023. " A global approach for natural history museum collections." Science, 379, (6638) 1192–1194. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf6434.

Leggitt, M. C. and Johnson, Kirk R. 1999. "From fossil plants to scientifically-accurate dioramas: the fabrication of prehistoric ecosystems." Journal of Natural Science Illustration, 3, (1) 3–6. Johnson, Kirk R. and Bonnell, Mary Ann. 2007. Gas Trees and Car Turds: Kid's guide to the roots of global warming. Golden, CO: Fulcrum. Utilizing assistive technology tools such as text-to-speech software or graphic organizers can enhance Kirk's access to information and promote independent learning. a b O’Neal Parker, Lonnae (26 July 2012). "Kirk Johnson named director of Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019 . Retrieved 18 January 2019.

The Smitty’s restaurant on the corner of Major Street and main Street in Westphal where Mike Sanford impounded Kirk Johnson’s car in April 1998. Photo: Google Maps. Two and a half years later Johnson, Kirk R. and Bonnell, Mary Ann. 2021. Trees Are Made of Gas: The Story of Carbon and Climate. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. While in graduate school, in 1987, Johnson discovered an extinct species of linden leaf, which was named Tilia johnsoni in his honor. [5] His postdoctoral work included field research in the northern Australian rainforests, while he served as a postdoctoral research associate in the department of botany at the University of Adelaide. [6] Career [ edit ] Johnson was born in 1960 and grew up in Seattle, Washington. [2] [3] He attended Amherst College as an undergraduate, where he received a bachelor's degree in geology and fine arts. He joined Chi Psi Fraternity. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania, earning a master's degree in geology and paleobotany. [4] He received his Ph.D. in geology and paleobotany from Yale University in 1989.

In 2012 Johnson was selected to lead the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., one of the Smithsonian Institution’s most popular museums on the National Mall. [6] He is the host of the PBS Nova series, Making North America, which is a three-part series that describes the shaping of North America, which aired on November 4, 11 and 18, 2015. [8] [9] [10] He is also the host of the two-hour Nova special Polar Extremes, first shown on February 5, 2020, which explores the history of the North and South Poles ranging from ice sheets to warm forests. [11] Personal life [ edit ] Nolan, Tom (April 20, 2018). " 'The Feather Thief' Review: A Fuss Over Feathers". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved August 7, 2022. Carvalho, Mónica R., Wilf, Peter, Hermsen, Elizabeth J., Gandolfo, Maria A., Cúneo, N. Rubén, and Johnson, Kirk R. 2013. " First record of Todea (Osmundaceae) in South America, from the early Eocene paleorainforests of Laguna del Hunco (Patagonia, Argentina)." American Journal of Botany, 100, (9) 1831–1848. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1200637.Teachers should tailor their teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of all students, including Kirk. This could involve providing alternative ways for him to learn and demonstrate his understanding of concepts. a b Al-Shawaf, Rayyan (September 13, 2013). " 'To Be a Friend Is Fatal' by Kirk W. Johnson – The Boston Globe". Boston Globe . Retrieved August 5, 2022. Wilf, Peter and Johnson, Kirk R. 2004. " Land plant extinction at the end of the Cretaceous: a quantitative analysis of the North Dakota megafloral record." Paleobiology, 30, (3) 347–368. 2.0.CO;2">https://doi.org/10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0347:LPEATE>2.0.CO;2. Wilf, Peter, Wing, Scott L., Meyer, Herbert W., Rose, Jacob A., Saha, Rohit, Serre, Thomas, Cúneo, N. Rubén, Donovan, Michael P., Erwin, Diane M., Gandolfo, Maria A., Gonzalez-Akre, Erika, Herrera, Fabiany, Hu, Shusheng, Iglesias, Ari, Johnson, Kirk R., Karim, Talia S., and Zou, Xiaoyu. 2021. " An image dataset of cleared, x-rayed, and fossil leaves vetted to plant family for human and machine learning." PhytoKeys, 187 93–128. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.187.72350.