Lynda Tracy Johnston FRSNZ FNZGS (born 1964) is a New Zealand human geography academic.
Since returning to the University of Waikato, she has been appointed as full professor, while serving as Chair of the Department of Geography and as Deputy Dean and Associate Dean Academic of Te Kura Kete Aronui (the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences).
[7] In granting her its Distinguished Service Award, the Society noted how "she ensured that feminist geography has remained highly visible in the New Zealand university system.
[9] After growing up in Otago, Lynda began tramping in the South Island at age 13 before moving onto rock, ice and mountain climbing at 17.
Johnston spent three months in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, regularly climbing over 5000 metres.