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Matthew Raphael Johnson ended his academic teaching career in 2018.

Posted by The Pete Quiñones Show, Checked

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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
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The sources do not state when Matthew Raphael Johnson's academic teaching ended. The claim also drops the speaker's qualifier that he taught another class after 2018, so it departs from the passage, and the speaker's own words cannot corroborate it.

What was said

… Mary's University in Maryland. From there, I taught a couple classes at Penn State Montalto, a few community colleges. I would say that came to an end 2018, but I did teach another class after that. I won't do online stuff, but that's where everything is, thanks to COVID, so I pulled out for that reason. But clearly, it's not the only reason. I probably couldn't go back if there was a gun to my head. …
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What we found

Context. A LinkedIn profile describes Johnson as a former professor at the University of Nebraska (as a graduate student), Penn State and Mount St. Mary's University, but gives no end date for his teaching.[1]

Context. A 2018 radio transcript and a 2025 contact listing cover his PhD and research work but do not address when he stopped teaching.[2][3]

Sources

3 sources: 3 not rated

  1. 1Matthew Raphael Johnson | LinkedInlinkedin.com · not rated · cited for: context
  2. 2TBR Radio – The Dixie Heritage Hour 09/21/18 - Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnsonyoutube.com · not rated · cited for: context
  3. 3Matthew Johnson Email & Phone Number | The Barnes ...contactout.com · not rated · cited for: context

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