Mindy Spitzer Johnston is Managing Editor at Encyclopædia Britannica and oversees a team of editors covering philosophy, politics, law, geography, history, religion, and anthropology. She previously served as Britannica's Senior Digital Media Assets Manager and Visual Materials Archivist. Mindy coordinates licensing of Britannica visual assets for video, film, and television.
Prior to joining Britannica in 2018, Mindy held archival and curatorial positions at the Chicago History Museum and Harvard Law School Library. In 2010, she co-founded Armstrong-Johnston, LLC, a research and archival services firm whose clients included the Chicago History Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, Special Collections at the Chicago Public Library, professional schools at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Johnson Publishing Company, the publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines.
EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS
MA, American History | DePaul University
BA, American History | Northwestern University
Board of Trustees: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (2012–17); Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (2020–present)
Academy of Certified Archivists
