Colin Johnson
- Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of History
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, American Studies Program
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Human Biology Program
Education
- A.B. at University of Chicago, 1996
- M.A. at University of Michigan, 1997
- Ph.D. at University of Michigan, 2003
Contact Information
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| Memorial Hall West, Mezzanine 10 |
| (812) 855-6702 |
| mypage.iu.edu/~crj2 |
Background
My current research focuses on the history of gender and sexuality in non-metropolitan America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I am especially interested in the history of homosexuality in rural America and am currently completing a book manuscript on that subject. Other works in progress include a social history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a book about the politics of inter-generational conflict among LGBTQ Americans, and an essay that examines the revenge fantasy as a feminist trope. In addition to US social and cultural history, I am also interested in nineteenth- and twentieth-century US literature, the history of agriculture and the environment, feminist and queer theory, critical and psychoanalytic theory, and film and media studies. Before coming to IU in 2005, I held research and teaching appointments at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender, The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, the Johns Hopkins University’s Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and the Academic Studies Program at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC.
Selected Awards
- Faculty Fellow, IU Human Biology Program (2006-07)
- Nominee, IU Student Alumni Association Students' Choice Award (2006)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Johns Hopkins University (2003-04)
- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of Michigan (2003)
- Pre-doctoral Fellow, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (2002-03)
Research Interests
- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century U.S. Social and Cultural History
- LGBTQ History/History of Gender and Sexuality
- Rural Social and Cultural History
- History of Agriculture and the Environment
Courses Recently Taught
- Queer Historicism
- Researching Gender Issues
- Gender, Culture and Society
- Sex, Gender and the Body
- Gay Histories/Queer Cultures
- Gender Studies: Core Concepts and Key Debates
- Cultural Politics of Sexuality in the Twentieth Century
Publication Highlights
Books
The Little Gay Bar on the Prairie: Gender, Geography and the Invention of Sexuality in Non-Metropolitan America (In Progress)
The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942 (In Progress)
Articles
“Homosexuals in Unexpected Places?: An Introduction.” American Studies 48 (Summer 2008): (forthcoming)
“Camp Life: The Queer History of Manhood in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942.” American Studies 48 (Summer 2008): (forthcoming)
“Dandyism,” “Dating,” and “Metrosexuals” in Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Malti-Douglas, Fedwa, ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 369-371, 376-382, 1006.
“Rural Space: Queer America’s Final Frontier” The Chronicle of Higher Education 52, no. 19. (13 January 2006): B15-16.
“Urban, Suburban, and Rural Geographies.” Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003.
