Reese Johnston is the Lead Instructor for the Early Entrance Program’s Transition School. Reese is a Transition School graduate himself, having graduated from the Transition School in 2007 and from the University of Washington in 2012. He received a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Washington. He went on to receive a PhD in Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin in 2017, studying computability theory in the context of uncountable sets.

Reese taught in the Robinson Center’s Summer Stretch program from 2014 to 2025, teaching classes ranging from mathematical logic to precalculus and algebra. He also taught at Shoreline Community College from 2017 to 2022, teaching a range of classes including calculus, precalculus, and college-preparatory math for returning students.

Alongside mathematics, Reese has interests in philosophy, computer science, linguistics, physics, art, and a variety of other subjects. He spends his free time on gardening, personal coding projects, and reading sci-fi and fantasy novels.