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About Erik L. Johnson

Dr. Erik L. Johnson is a Lecturer in the Humanities Department at San José State University, where he has also taught in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. His research focuses on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British and French literature, in particular prose fiction and drama. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in English from Stanford University and his B.A. in English and Renaissance Studies from Yale University. While earning his Ph.D., he conducted research in Paris, France, supported by year-long fellowships from the Mellon Foundation and the Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust. In between earning his B.A. and his graduate degrees, Dr. Johnson had a separate career in book publishing at W. W. Norton & Company in New York, where he edited and marketed non-fiction books for both general (trade) and professional audiences.

Positions

2019 - Present Lecturer, San Jose State University ‐ Humanities
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March 2019 - December 2019 Senior Research Assistant, University Librarian’s Office, Stanford University
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2018 Lecturer, Education as Self-Fashioning Program, Stanford University
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2001 - 2009 Book publishing professional, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Member, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Present Member, California Faculty Association
Present Member, Modern Language Association
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Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award, San José State University Office of Research, 2022
  • Hoefer Mentoring Award, for work in Writing in the Major education, Stanford University, 2018

Education

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2010 - 2018 Ph.D., English (conferred 2018); M.A., English (conferred 2012), Stanford University
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1997 - 2001 B.A. in English and in Renaissance Studies, Yale University
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