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Department of Black Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Room 3710 South Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3150
Tel: (805) 893-5814 / Fax: (805) 893-3597
E-mail: gtjohnson@blackstudies.ucsb.edu |
| Gaye Theresa Johnson holds a B.A. in Sociology and Ethnic Studies from the University of California at San Diego, and a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Johnson’s areas of expertise are twentieth century U.S. history; race and racism; social movements and identities, and cultural history with an emphasis on music. In addition to serving as a reviewer for two refereed journals, her publications appear in the Journal of American Ethnic History, the Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, the National Women’s Studies Association Journal, two edited collections on race and popular culture, and the Encyclopedia of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. In 2006, her essay, "'Sobre Las Olas': A Mexican Genesis in Borderlands Jazz" won "Best Paper in Comparative Ethnic Studies" from the American Studies Association. Professor Johnson is completing a manuscript entitled The Future Has a Past: Politics, Music and Memory in Afro-Chicano Los Angeles. |
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