"Ned" Johnson is a charter member of the Kentucky Academic Association Hall of Fame, as well as a member of the Bardstown High Athletic Hall of Fame and the Bardstown/Nelson Co. (KY) Hall of Fame. He came to the college in 1998 as program director of the Dual Credit/International Study Program. He taught previously at Western Kentucky University and St. Catharine College, as well as serving the public schools as a K-12 tutorial coordinator and as a communications director. Mr. J, as students call him, also has 23 years experience in radio, as a sportscaster, newscaster, and morning drive personality. He has two children: Scott (36) and Erin (8).  Mr. J has also been performing a one-man show as Mark Twain since 1991.