Relius Johnson is currently the Assistant Director of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is an August 2016 undergraduate alumnus of Texas A&M University Commerce, May 2018 graduate school alumni of the University of Central Arkansas and is set to graduate with his PhD in August 2020(August 2020) from Louisiana State University.

Relius’ dissertation looks at Black self-identifying student’s experiences with respect to racial inequalities on-campus and the role of BLM on their respective campus. Additionally, this study will help understand the students’ perspectives of how University administrators have responded to calls for them to devote more attention and resources to address racial inequities on-campus. While at TAMUC Relius was initiated into the Zeta Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, crowned Homecoming King and served as an AAMMP Mentor, the VP for CAB, and an SGA Senator. He was also a member of the Honors College, a Lead Resident Assistant, and Exec Team Member for Orientation.

Relius strives to engage as an agent of positive social change by acknowledging, activating, and self-interrogating the complexities of one’s identities, experiences, privileges, and ideologies. Relius is also a motivational speaker and uses his story to promote the mindset of “Greatness is a STATE of Mind”. Relius’ motto is to use your past to influence a better future. Relius plans to challenge and support the people he interacts with to be the best them that they can be including himself.