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- ↑ Johnson, Twinette L. (2019). Winds of Change, Windows of Opportunity, and Promises of Choice: A Study of New Orleans Post-Hurricane Katrina Charter School Reform and its Effect on Post-Secondary Matriculation Among Orleans Parish Residents (Ph.D. thesis). Saint Louis University. OCLC 1249949533.
- ↑ "Professor Twinette L. Johnson". UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "Twinette Johnson Tapped as UDC's Acting Law School Dean". The Washington Informer. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "UDC Formally Approves Twinette Johnson as Dean of David A. Clarke School of Law". The Washington Informer. 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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