DR.
CHARLES T. JOHNSON
Curriculum Vitae
Assistant
Professor of History & Director of Graduate Studies (beginning July 2000)
Department of
History
College of
Arts and Sciences
Valdosta
State University
Valdosta,
GA 31698
(912)
333-5947
e-mail:
ctjohnso@valdosta.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Western Michigan University 1997
MA Western Michigan University 1988
BA Michigan State University 1981
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Valdosta
State University 1997-Present
Graduate Courses
United States Foreign Policy,
1776-1920
United States, 1877-1920
Modern
Germany (seminar)
Historiography and Historical
Method (seminar)
Ethnicity,
History and the Cinema
Hollywood
and American History
Upper
Division/Graduate
United
States in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
United
States Foreign Policy to 1920
European
Ethnicity and Immigration in American History
Anarchism,
Socialism and the United States Constitution
American
Labor History
German
History Since 1848
German History to 1848
Middle East and North Africa,
1798-Present (seminar)
Islam: History and Tradition
Hollywood Goes to War
Hollywood and American History
Ethnicity,
History and the Cinema
Lower
Division
United
States History to 1865
United
States History Since 1865
European
History, 1500-1850
World
History Since 1815
World
History, 1300-1815
Western
Michigan University 1992-1997
Upper Division
Courses
Ethnicity
and Politics in the United States, 1877-1945
Lower Division
History and Current Events
United States History,
Colonial to 1890
United States History,
1890-Present
Kalamazoo Valley
Community College 1989-1991
Courses
United States History to 1890
Western Civilization: 3200 B.C.-1715
Western Civilization: 1715-Present
Honors Thesis Advisor:
"German Youth in Nazi
Germany" by Michael Tuerborg
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Current
Research Projects: Book
"Out of
the Shadow of Harvard Yard: Theodore
Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge and the Creation of the American Century"
Current Research Projects: Articles and Essays
"The German Immigrant Influence on American Anarchism: The Case of Johann Most"
"The Art
of Conflict: Murals and the 'Troubles'
in Northern Ireland"
“Admiral Colby M. Chester and Relations
Between Germany, the Ottoman Empire and the United States on the Eve of World
War One.”
“The German
Influence on American Historical Scholarship”
Publications—In
Print
Books
Culture
At Twilight: The National
German-American Alliance, 1901-1918. New York:
Peter Lang, 1999.
Articles
“The National German-American
Alliance: The Rise and Fall of an
Ethnic Organization.” Schatzkammer: Der deutschen Sprache, Dichtung und Geschichte, Vol. XXIII,
Nos. 1&2, Fall 1997, 57-68.
“Nicaraguan Intervention, August 4 - November 1912,” Encyclopedia of North American History. Vol. 6. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999.
“The Webster-Ashburton Treaty.” Encyclopedia
of North American History. Vol.
10. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999.
"Kemal Attaturk." Dictionary of World Biography. Vol. 1.
Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2000.
Book Reviews
Wesley M. Bagby. America's International
Relations Since World War I. In History:
Review of New Books. Vol. 28 (Winter 2000), 54.
Robyn Burnett and Ken Luebbering. German
Settlement in Missouri: New Land, Old
Ways. In Yearbook of German-American Studies 1998, Vol. 33 (Fall 1999),
177-178.
Traxel, David. 1898: The Birth of the American Century. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. In Journal
of Southwest Georgia History, Vol. 14 (Fall 1999), 84-85
Mary Patrice Erdmans. Opposite
Poles: Immigrants and Ethnics in Polish
Chicago, 1976-1990. In The Michigan Historical Review. Vol. 25 (Spring 1999), 147-48.
Book Reviews (cont.)
Stuart D. Brandes. Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America. In Journal
of Southwest Georgia History, Vol. 13 (Fall 1998), 96-97.
Ronald Taylor. Berlin and Its
Culture: A Historical Portrait. In History: Review of New Books. Vol. 27 (Fall 1998), 26.
Publications—Forthcoming
in 2000 and 2001
Articles
"General Lewis Armistead." Encyclopedia
of the American Civil War. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Press, 2001.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED
LECTURES
Political
and Diplomatic History
"Defenders
of Personal Liberty? The NGAA and the
Prohibition Question, 1901-1915."
International Symposium on German-American Studies. Bremerhaven Germany. June 2000.
"The Art of Conflict: Murals and the 'Troubles' in Northern
Ireland." Valdosta State
University. Fall 1999.
“The Commies Are Coming! The Masses
and the American Anti-War Movement, 1914-1918.” Valdosta State University.
Spring 1998.
"The National German-American
Alliance, 1901-1918: Politics, Foreign
Affairs and Cultural Assimilation."
Invited lecture. German
Historical Institute. Washington
D.C. February 27, 1995.
"The National German-American
Alliance and United States-German Relations, 1913-1916." Society for Historians of American Foreign
Relations. Bentley College, Boston,
June 1994.
"German-Americans and Relations
Between the United States and Germany, 1895-1919." Department of History
Colloquium. Western Michigan
University. January 1994.
“The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.” Michigan Academy of Arts & Sciences,
Western Michigan University. January
1994.
Ethnic
and Cultural History
"Irish-Americans and the Problems of
Assimilation" Center for International
Programs and the Department of History.
Columbus State University.
October 1999.
“The Destruction of the Deutschum,
1900-1920: The Case of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.” Society for
German-American Studies Symposium. New
Ulm, Minnesota. April 1999.
“The Son of a ‘48er:’ Dr. Charles J. Hexamer and His Attempts to
Preserve German Culture in America.”
Society for German-American Studies.
Indianapolis, IN. April 1998.
“Germans or Americans?” The National German-American Alliance and
Its San Francisco Convention of 1915.
Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference. Orlando, FL . March 1998
“German-Americans and the Great War” Department of History
Andrews University. November
1996.
"Deutschland or America? The National German-American Alliance and
American Society, 1901-1913."
Society for German-American Studies.
Louisville, KY. April 6-9, 1995.
Cross-Cultural
Studies
“From M
to Scarlet Street: German Expressionism and American Film
Noir.” Southern Popular Culture
Association Conference. Augusta,
GA. October 1998.
Intellectual
History and Historiography
"Observations Concerning the German
Influence on American Historical Scholarship." Society for German-American Studies. Pennsylvania State University.
April 1994.
"Raymond Schwab and La Renaissance Orientale: Observations on Integral
Humanism." Michigan Academy of
Arts & Sciences. Michigan State
University. March 1994.
COMMUNITY SERVICE LECTURES
"Current Problems
in Northern Ireland." Georgia
Consortium. Perry, GA. March 2000.
"George
Washington and the Forging of a New Nation." Valdosta High School.
January 2000
"The Art of Conflict: Murals and the 'Troubles' in Northern
Ireland." Valdosta State
University. November 1999
"The Declaration of Independence and
the Revolution." Valdosta High
School. October 1999"
"Irish-Americans and the Problems of
Assimilation." Center for
International Programs and the Department of History. Columbus State University.
October 1999.
"The Role of the Immigrant in
American History." Valdosta High
School. Valdosta, GA. March 1999"
"The Commies are Coming! The Masses
and the American Anti-War Movement, 1914-1918." Valdosta State University.
April 1998.
FACULTY
INTERNATIONALIZATION AND OVERSEAS STUDY
Israel and Palestine 2000
"Faculty
and Student Seminar in the Holy Land" (March)
Goethe Institute--Munich Germany 1999
"Seminar
on German Language and Culture"
(8-weeks)
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and
University of Limerick, Republic Of Ireland 1999
"Faculty
Development Seminar--Ulster in Context" (3 weeks)
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
Dar
al Islam Teachers Institute
Teaching Fellowship - $2500
"Seminar on Islamic Heritage
and Culture 2000
Deutscher
Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD--New York)
Academic
Fellowship--Goethe Institute Munich - 6000DM 1999
8-week
seminar on German culture & language
National
Endowment for the Humanities
NEH
Summer Institute Grant - $2700
Georgetown
University: "Islam and the 21st
Century" 1999
University System of Georgia
Chancellor’s Award—University
System of Georgia - $1000 1999
“Ulster
in Context: History, Culture and the Challenge of
Peace
in Ireland”
Valdosta
State University
Faculty Internationalization Grant -
$750 2000
International Symposium
on Germany-American Studies
Bremerhaven,
Germany. June 2000
Faculty Development Grant - $500 2000
International Symposium
on German American Studies
Faculty
Development Grant - $500
Faculty
and Student Seminar in the Holy Land 2000
Faculty Development Grant -
$500
Society
for German-American Studies Conference 1999
Curriculum
Development Grant - $300
Islamic
Traditions Workshop. Georgia Southern
Univ. 1998
Faculty
Development Grant - $500
Popular
Culture Association of the South Conference 1998
Faculty
Development Grant - $500
Society
for German-American Studies Conference, 1998
Faculty
Development Grant - $500
American
Culture Studies Association Conference, 1998
German
Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.
Dissertation Fellowship -
$6,900 1995
Western
Michigan University
Graduate College Dissertation Fellowship - $9,500 1995
Graduate Research Grant - $500 1994
PEW Charitable Trust
Teaching Leadership Award - $500 1993
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Valdosta
State University
Chancellor’s Award—University System of Georgia 1999
Graduate Faculty Member (appt. 1999)
PEW Charitable Trust/Carnegie Institute
Community of Scholars Program 1999
Western
Michigan University
All University Graduate
Research and Creative Scholar 1995
Western
Michigan University
Graduate Research and Creative
Scholar - Doctoral level 1995
Western
Michigan University, Department of History
Pew Charitable Trust 1993
Teaching
Leadership Award
Doctoral Associate. Department of History 1992-1995
Western
Michigan University
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Valdosta
State University
Director of Graduate Studies 2000--
Department of History
Faculty
Senate 2000--
Academic
Scheduling and Procedures Committee 1998--
Subcommittee
On Final Examination Scheduling 1998--
Council
On Undergraduate Research 1998--
International
Students Committee 1998--
Cinema International Committee 1997--
Committee Co-Chair 1999-2000
American History
Committee. Department of History 1997--
Library Appropriations
Committee. Department of History 1997--
1998
Women’s Studies Conference. Panel
Selection Committee 1997
Western
Michigan University
Executive Committee of the
Graduate Student Advisory Committee 1993-1997
Graduate Studies Council 1996-1997
Graduate
Curriculum Committee 1993-1995
Teaching
Assistant Training Program 1994
Teaching Assistant Training
Committee. College of Arts & Sciences 1994-1995
Graduate
Curriculum Committee. Department of History 1992-1993
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society for German-American
Studies
Membership
Director and Executive Committee Member
Society for Historians of
American Foreign Relations
Society for Historians of the
Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Southeast Regional Middle East
and Islamic Studies Seminar
Georgia Association of
Historians