Brief Biography
Dr. Amy M. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of History and General Studies in Elon's Department of History and Geography. Her areas of research are Pre-colonial West African History, the Atlantic Slave Trade, Early Colonial Caribbean History, and Slavery and Resistance.
Education
Dr. Johnson received her BA in Spanish and African Diasporic Studies from Tufts Universtiy. She received her Master's and Doctoral degree in History from Duke University. She also holds a certificate in African and African American studies from Duke University.
Employment History
Elon University
Assistant Professor of History and General Studies, August 2011-Present
Post-Doctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor of History, August 2009-August 2011
Saint Augustine’s College
Assistant Professor of Africana History, August 2007-May 2009
Duke University
Visiting Professor, Department of African and African American Studies, 2009
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