University of Alaska Fairbanks
Professor, dean, College of Liberal Arts
Dean
College of Liberal Arts
Thesis Title: Conquest of the New Word
About
Johnny Payne is primarily a novelist and opera librettist, though his research and teaching interests range from Quechua oral tradition and Latin American literature to modern drama, opera history, and the historical avant-garde. As an administrator, he is interested in issues of leadership, in particular applying philosophical, ethical, and intellectual principles to governance.



