Eric A. Johnson (born May 9, 1948) is an American historian, social scientist, and professor of history at Central Michigan University.
In the academic year of 1988-1989 Johnson taught at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland as part of an exchange program.
[citation needed] During the early years of his career Johnson focused mainly on the history of crime, urbanization and justice.
Johnson's other large project focuses on genocide, murder and history in world perspective (along with Pieter Spierenburg of Erasmus University Rotterdam).
In addition to these two specific research projects, Johnson is writing a personal memoir of Germany in the year of re-unification.