Erica Johnson
Gordon State College
Office phone:
(678) 359-5381
Department of History & Political Science
Cell
phone: (405) 397-1819
419 College Drive Business fax: (678) 359-5235 Barnesville, GA 30204
e-mail:
ejohnson@gordonstate.edu
EDUCATION
Florida State
University, Tallahassee, Florida
PhD, Department of History, December 2012
University of
Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
MA, Department of History, August 2007
University of Central
Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
BA, Department of History and Geography (minor in
Sociology), May 2005
TEACHING AND
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Gordon State
College
Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (July 2015-Present)
Assistant Professor of History (August 2013-Present)
Senior Seminar (HIST 4900)
Modern Latin America (HIST 4700)
Modern France (HIST 4710)
Native American History (HIST 4720)
Colonial Latin America (HIST 4500)
Atlantic World History (HIST 3100)
Honors History of African-Americans in Early America (COLQ 2994H)
History of Women in Pre-Industrial America (COLQ 2993)
Western Civilization I & II
American History I & II (hybrid & online)
World History I (online full-term and short-term, eCore)
Tallahassee
Community College
Adjunct Instructor (AY 2012-2013)
American Experience I & II
Western Civilization II
PUBLICATIONS AND
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Works in Progress
Revolution for
People of All Colors:
Philanthropy and Race in Saint-Domingue (under review, University of
Alabama Press).
Co-edited
with Bryan Banks, Freedom and Faith: The French Revolution and Religion
in
World
History. Preface by
Darrin M. McMahon (under contract, Palgrave Macmillan).
Articles
"'Revolution for the Hell of It':
Abbie Hoffman’s Controversial Visit to Oklahoma State University,
1971.”
Chronicles of Oklahoma 84/3 (Fall
2006): 322-335.
Book Reviews
John W.
Carton, Embracing Protestantism:
Black Identities in the Atlantic World (Gainesville:
University Press of Florida, 2016).
In Journal of the American Academy of Religion 84/2 (June 2016).
Cécile Vidal, ed.
Louisiana: Crossroads of
the Atlantic World.
(Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2014). In
Nineteenth-Century French Studies
43/1-2 (Fall-Winter 2014-2015).
Garraway, Doris, ed.
Tree of Liberty:
Cultural Legacies of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World.
(Charlottesville:
University of Virginia Press, 2008).
In H-LatAm (April 2011).
Dubois, Laurent.
Avengers of the New World:
The Story of the Haitian Revolution.
(Cambridge: Harvard
University Press, 2004). In H-LatAm
(September 2010).
Digital Scholarship
Editor, H-French-Colonial, 2015-present
Reviewer, A Colony in Crisis:
The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789, 2016
Contributor, Age of Revolutions:
A HistorioBlog, 2015
SEMINARS AND
CONFERENCES
"Alexandre-Benjamin Giroud's
Philanthropolis in Revolutionary Saint-Domingue,"
Consortium on the Revolutionary Era,
College
of Charleston, Charleston, South
Carolina (forthcoming February 25, 2017).
“Colorblind Fraternity:
The Legions of Equality in the Haitian Revolution,” Georgia
Association of Historians, Jekyll Island, Georgia (forthcoming February 17,
2017).
“The Catholic
Religieux and the Founding of Haiti,” Western Society for French History
Annual Meeting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 4, 2016.
"Same Place, Different Time:
The Continuity of Plantation Labor in the Haitian Revolution,"
University of North Georgia Arts and Letters Conference, Dahlonega, Georgia,
February 27, 2016.
"Enlightened Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson
during Haitian Revolution," 19th Annual Conference on the Americas,
Milledgeville, Georgia, February 6, 2016.
"Memories of the Old Regime in the Foundation of
Haiti," Western Society for French History Annual Meeting, Chicago,
Illinois, November 7, 2015.
"Refractory Priests in the
Atlantic World," Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, High Point, North
Carolina, February 20, 2015.
"Interracial Collaboration in
the Haitian Revolution," European History Section of the Southern
Historical Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 2014.
“Becoming Spanish in Florida:
Georges Biassou and His ‘Family’ in St. Augustine,” La Floride
française: Florida, France, and
the Francophone World, Tallahassee, Florida State University, Florida,
February 21, 2014.
“Officiers de Santé in Revolutionary Saint-Domingue,”
Western Society for French History Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October
26, 2013.
Invited Talks
“How Native American Became a Minority in the United
States,” Seminar in Race & Ethnicity, University of Georgia-Griffin,
September 26, 2016.
"Faith in Humanity:
Haitian Revolutionary Clergy," History Student Organization, Middle
Georgia State University, November 11, 2015.
“Incan Mummies,” Lamar County Middle School,
Barnesville, Georgia, September 17, 2014.
FELLOWSHIPS AND
GRANTS
Georgia Humanities Council Grant, Fall 2016
University System of Georgia Office of Faculty
Development Mini-Grant, Fall 2016
President’s Faculty Development Initiative Funds,
Summer 2014, Summer 2016
Faculty Development Grant, Summer 2014, Fall 2015
PROFRESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Liberal Education and America’s Promise, Faculty
Learning Community, University System of Georgia, Fall 2016-Spring 2017.
"Progressing as a LEAP Institution," University System
of Georgia Teaching and Learning Conference, Athens, Georgia (forthcoming
April 2017).
“Bringing the Archives to the Student through Digital
History,” Georgia Association of Historians, Jekyll Island, Georgia
(forthcoming February 17, 2017).
Presenter, "Effective Communication:
A Simple, but Powerful, Retention Tool," Gordon State College First
Annual Student Success Summit, August 3, 2016.
Workshop on American & Early Modern English Paleography
from 1500 to 1900, Flint River Regional Library System, May 19, 2016.
Presenter and Panel Organizer, "Teaching Matters:
Critical Thinking as Radical Pedagogy:
Academic Freedom and Inclusion in the Classroom," Gordon State
College, April 1, 2016.
"Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Globalization:
Themes and Implications for Teaching and Learning," Clayton State
University, October 30, 2015.
"Social Movements across the
Globe: Mobilizing Students,
Citizens, and Ideas," Clayton State University, March 6, 2015.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Instructional Technology & E-Learning Committee,
2015-2016 (Recorder), 2016-2017 (Chair)
Academic Judicial Committee, 2014-2015 (Chair),
2016-2017 (Recorder)
QEP Steering Committee, 2016-2017
AlwaysAlert Academic Coach, 2016-2017
History Assessment Committee, 2014-2017
Undergraduate Research Symposium Committee, 2013-2017
History Club & Phi Alpha Theta, Faculty Advisor,
2013-2017
Coordinator, Applying to Graduate School Workshop
Series, 2013-2016
Dean of Arts and Sciences Search Committee, 2014-2015
General Education Assessment Task Force, 2014-2015
Graduate School Symposium Committee, Fall 2014
“Tips for Success on History Exams,” Student Success
Center Workshop, September 8, 2014
Advanced
Placement Reading
AP Reader, Educational Testing Service, Salt Lake City,
2012-2017
National History
Day
Judge, 2006-2008, 2014-2017 (Oklahoma, Florida, &
Georgia)
SKILLS
Languages
French (professional proficiency)
Haitian Creole (limited working proficiency)
Spanish (elementary proficiency)
Certifications
University System of Georgia eCore (electronic
core-curriculum) Faculty Certification Program, July 2014
Gordon State College Certification to teach
hybrid/online, December 2013
REFERENCES
Dr. Tom Aiello, Chair
Department of History & Political Science
Gordon State College
419 College Drive
Barnesville, GA
30204
Phone: (678)
359-5135
email:
taiello@gordonstate.edu
Dr. Rafe Blaufarb
Department of History
Florida State University
PO Box 3062200
113 Collegiate Loop
Tallahassee, Florida
32306-2200
Phone: (850)
644-5888
email: rblaufarb@fsu.edu
Dr. Tamara Spike
Department of History, Anthropology, & Philosophy
University of North Georgia
82 College Circle
Dahlonega, GA
30597
Phone: (706)
864-1912
email:
tamara.spike@ung.edu