Dr. Sara Johnson

Biography

Professor Sara E. Johnson’s research and teaching encompass a wide range of interdisciplinary fields, focusing on literature, theory, and the history of Hispanophone, Francophone, and Anglophone Caribbean diasporas. She has a keen interest in hemispheric American literature and cultural studies, particularly regarding the Age of Revolution and arts and music of the African Diaspora. With extensive research experience across countries such as Senegal, Cuba, Haiti, and Martinique, she has garnered numerous fellowships, including those from the Ford Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. Johnson received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University and her B.A. from Yale University, where she majored in Comparative Literature and African American Studies. Her notable publications include 'Fear of French Negroes: Transcolonial Collaboration in the Revolutionary Americas' and 'Encyclopédie noire: Making Moreau de Saint-Méry’s Intellectual World'. Johnson has also contributed to various academic journals and has co-edited significant works in Caribbean studies. She serves as a mentor for students in postdoctoral fellowships and tenure-track positions and has been an active participant in the Council of the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture. Johnson identifies as a scholar engaged in transdisciplinary dialogues that shape the understanding of historical and cultural realities.

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