DAWN G JOHNSON
Curriculum Vitae
Black Feminist | Professor | Learning and Development Leader | Social Media & Culture Studies Enthusiast
Email: dgjohnson@vcu.edu
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dawn-johnson/9/571/b77
Website: www.dawngjohnson.com
Pronouns: She/ Her / Hers
EDUCATION
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | PHD | Expected December 2020
Doctoral Student, Media, Art, and Text Department
Dissertation Topic: Black Feminist Thought, Interrupted – Dissecting the Voice of Black Feminists in the Blogosphere and their Engagement with Platform Affordances
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | Certificate | 2018
Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | Certificate | 2010
Executive Leadership Program, Certificate in Power and Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, School of Law | JD | 1998
Juris Doctor Degree
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | BA | 1993
Bachelor of Arts in English
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERISTY | 2016 - 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistantship
Courses:
Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies,
Black Feminism and the Internet (Developed and taught a dissertation related course, which is cross listed in both the Gender Studies and African American Studies Departments
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Course – Politics of Race, Class & Gender
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND | 1997
Virginia Law Foundation Summer Fellowship Recipient
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | 2018 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Department
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | 2016 - 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Department
ACADEMIC COURSE DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT
Submitted RFP to the IExcel Education, a new educational platform in Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU’s) Division for Inclusive Excellence and was awarded. Developed three courses for IExcel which launched Fall 2019. Courses Developed:
o The Sounds of Discord: The Noises, Hums, and Echoes of Protest Music
o Hidden Voices: The Women of Black Lives Matter
o #Hashtag Activism: The Intersection Between the Internet and Social Action
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS
“#Sistahisms (Way of Knowing): Black Feminism in Social Media; Redefining Black Womanhood – Resisting Injustice
Accepted for inclusion in the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) 2019 conference program, Protest, Justice, and Transnational Organizing, November 2019
“Performance of Patriarchy and Misogynoir: A Case Study of Leslie Jones and Gabby Douglas.”
University of North Carolina – Greensboro, Interdisciplinary Conference, Greensboro, NC., 2017
