Sarah K. Johnson

Sarah started full-time in Fall 2019 and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Wellness. Prior to 2019, Sarah worked as wellness intern, taught part-time, and assisted with special projects (2016-2019). She has an M.S. in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from the University at Albany. She received her Bachelors of Science (BS) in Biology from SUNY Cortland, is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher, Certified Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults (MIEA) Instructor, and an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Group Exercise Instructor. Sarah is responsible for teaching and developing curricula for all of the Wellness Courses, including: Meditation, Resiliency, Nutrition, Nutrition II, Stress Management, Financial Health, Healthy Relationships, Emotional Awareness and Belonging, Substance Use and Wellbeing, and all of the asynchronous courses. Sarah also oversees the wellness microlessons, and teaches beginner swim, weight training, and intro to bootcamp for athletes. Sarah co-chairs the MIT Health Promotion Working Group and collaborates with campus stakeholders to promote student wellbeing. Since moving to Boston in 2015, Sarah has studied and worked with health promotion and nutrition research, including assisting with and coordinating studies at Tufts University and delivering guest lectures and workshops at conferences and other universities. In her free time, Sarah loves singing, traveling, propagating plants, and playing through life with her husband and 2 pups.