Kennedy Center for International Studies. He is the author or editor of five books, with another book forthcoming in 2019; is the general editor of the Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace book series published by the University Press of Kentucky; and is the editor of Passport: The Society for Historians of Foreign Relations Review since 2011. Dr. Johns presently serves as president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (2018-2019). From 2001 to 2002, he also worked in the Office of the Historian at the State Department on the Foreign Relations of the United States series. Dr. Johns holds a BA from Brigham Young University and an MA and Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.