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Johnson was raised in [[Leominster, MA]], the son of Massachusetts schoolteachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20070415/NEWS/704150473|title=Duke players say thanks|first=Paul Jarvey TELEGRAM & GAZETTE|last=STAFF|publisher=}}</ref> His father, Robert Johnson, was a star basketball player at [[Fitchburg State College]], leading the nation in scoring at 39.1 points per game in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsc.edu/sports/halloffame/robertjohnson.html|title=Athletics: Robert Johnson - 1997 Inductee - Graduated 1965|publisher=[[Fitchburg State College]]|access-date=2007-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192204/http://www.fsc.edu/sports/halloffame/robertjohnson.html|archive-date=2007-09-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Johnson's sister Kathleen was the starting point guard for the [[Columbia University]] women's basketball team in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/dec00/dec00_feature_battleback.html |title=Battling Back |first=John |last=Gearan |publisher=[[Columbia College of Columbia University|Columbia College]] Today |date=December 2000 |access-date=2007-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408094121/http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/dec00/dec00_feature_battleback.html |archive-date=2007-04-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> HeJohnson goes by the name KC after [[Boston Celtics]] player [[K. C. Jones]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/nyregion/star-scholar-fights-for-his-future-at-brooklyn-college.html |title=Star Scholar Fights for His Future at Brooklyn College |last=Arenson |first=Karen W. |date=2002-12-18 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-10-30 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/nyregion/star-scholar-fights-for-his-future-at-brooklyn-college.html |title=Star Scholar Fights for His Future at Brooklyn College |last=Arenson |first=Karen W. |date=2002-12-18 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-10-30 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> JohnsonHe is also an athlete and has run numerous marathons.{{Citation needed|date=January 2016}}

He currently resides in [[Portland, Maine]], and teaches at [[Brooklyn College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=25|title=Faculty Profile - Brooklyn College|website=www.brooklyn.cuny.edu}}</ref> In 2007-08, he taught at [[Tel Aviv University]] in [[Israel]] on a [[Fulbright Scholarship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kc-johnson.com/cv/|title=CV|date=11 November 2008|publisher=}}</ref>