Johnson, T. Hasan. [Book in Progress] I Am Black As the Night, I Am God: The Story of Los Angeles’ Hidden Black Gnostic Practitioners, 1942-2010 [Rutgers University Press]. Institute of Signifying Scriptures’ Book Series in Religion [Series Editor Vincent Wimbush].
___. “The Prodigal God?: Jay-Z and the Legacy of Socially-Responsible Hip-Hop” in Jay-z: Essays on Hip Hop's Philosopher King. Edited by Julius Bailey and Cornel West. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company Press, 2010.
___"Aquarian
Spiritual Center: South Central, Los Angeles." Scriptures
in Los Angeles. Edited by Vincent L. Wimbush. March 2008.
___. Assata Shakur. Encyclopedia of Women in World History.
Edited by Iris Berger, Indrani Chatterjee, Barbara Engel, Natalie Kampen,
Asuncion Lavrin, Chana Kai Lee, Paul S. Rupp, and Judith Tucker. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2007.
___. Jay-Z. Edited by Mickey Hess in Icons of
Hip-Hop. Missouri: Greenwood Press, 2007.
___. Outkast. Edited by Mickey Hess in Icons of Hip-Hop.
Missouri: Greenwood Press, 2007.
___.. E. Franklin Frazier. The Greenwood Encyclopedia
of African American Folklore: Three Volumes. Edited by
Anand Prahlad. Missouri: Greenwood Press, 2005.
___. Gangs. The Greenwood Encyclopedia
of African American Folklore: Three Volumes. Edited
by Anand Prahlad. Missouri: Greenwood Press, 2005.
___. Hell. The Greenwood Encyclopedia
of African American Folklore: Three Volumes. Edited
by Anand Prahlad. Missouri: Greenwood Press, 2005.
___. Jesus. The Greenwood Encyclopedia
of African American Folklore: Three Volumes. Edited
by Anand Prahlad. Missouri: Greenwood Press, 2005.
Submitted Upcoming Publications
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Higher
Education Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Africana and American Indian Studies Department,
California State Univeristy, Fresno. Started Fall 2008.
Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies Department, Five-Claremont
Colleges. International & Intercultural Studies Department,
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, Spring 2005 & 2006.
Adjunct Instructor, Spring semester course entitled, "Black
Icons in the Twentieth Century: Diaspora, Masculinity, and Representation."
The course focused on:
- Assist students in understanding the complexity of social construction
and representation in the African Diaspora.
- Enhance students’ understanding of how political conditions and
realities influence cultural movements and the cultural interpretation
of icon figures.
- Examine various political philosophies and ideas of Africana thinkers
and leaders.
- Explore the various ways Africana figures are analyzed, interpreted,
and discussed within academic circles.
Adjunct Instructor, Africana Studies Department, CSU Dominguez
Hills. Carson, CA.
Winter 1997 to Fall 2006.
- Applied multi-media teaching techniques to instruct students on course
related materials and issues.
- Designed class structure based on diverse curriculum requirements.
- Taught in the Africana Studies and Social and Behavioral
Sciences Departments.
Courses:
- The African Diaspora in America- taught undergraduate
and graduate students about notions of ‘blackness’ and how
such concepts influence how Africana communities perceive themselves and
construct identity in the North and South America. Emphasized Africana
historical and cultural presence in the Americas.
- Education, Society & Language: Africana Cultural Resistance- taught
undergraduate and graduate students about how education and media influence
language and meaning, as well as ideas about how society should
be shaped.
- African Diaspora Societies- Taught lower and upper-division
undergraduate students (majors and non-majors) about societies in the African
Diaspora, the nature of their political formations, and strategies they
employed against colonialism and material exploitation.
- Africana Communities in the United States- Taught lower and
upper-division undergraduate students (majors and non-majors) about the
historical and international mixtures of people of African descent within
African American communities and in American society.
- Ancient African Civilizations- Taught lower and upper-division
undergraduate students (majors and non-majors) about Ancient African history
while introducing them to significant historians, and familiarizing them
with the major debates in the field.
- Hip-Hop and the African Diaspora
in the US: Globalization, Masculinity, and Representation- Taught
upper-division undergraduate students (majors and non-majors) about the
roots of Hip-Hop culture in West African Bantu and Mende cultures, while
analyzing the spaces it provides for the youth to communicate new ideas
and define new realities.
- Introduction to Africana Studies- Taught
lower and upper-division undergraduate students (majors and non-majors)
about the political context from which Black Studies developed, the philosophical
and theoretical approaches to defining Black Studies, and its major developments
since 1968.
- Theories and Concepts in Africana Studies- Taught lower
and upper-division undergraduate students (majors and non-majors) about
the major discourses, debates, and theories within Africana studies in
the United States.
Visiting Instructor, Summer Institute in African American Studies,
African American Studies Department, Albuquerque, NM. Summer 2004.
- Conducted an intensive 5-week course entitled, “African American
Experience I: Accommodation, Resistance, and Revolution in African American
Social and Political Movements.”
- Designed course that introduced
students to the historical, economic, political, and cultural African
American experience.
- Applied multi-media teaching techniques to instruct
students on course related materials and issues.
Adjunct Instructor, African American Studies, Laney College,
Oakland, CA. Winter 2000.
- Five-Week Intensive Course:
- Ancient African History to Reconstruction- Taught community
college students seeking their Associates in Arts degree about ancient
African history and the history of people of African descent to Civil War
American society.
Higher Education Experience
Assistant Dean, Office of Black Student Affairs, Claremont University
Consortium; Claremont, CA. June 2001 to present.
Duties:
- Designed and facilitated the ANANSI Academic Advancement Program for
students at Scripps, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and
Claremont Graduate University.
- Provided academic, cultural, and emotional
counseling to students.
- Facilitated and implemented monthly academic workshops
for students.
Webmaster, The Preparing Future Faculty Program, Claremont Graduate
University; Claremont, CA. August 2007 to present. Duties:
- Managed, updated, and edited internationally accessible websites
- Custom tailored and designed sites for customers needs:
- http://www,cgu.edu/pff
- http://www.iats.com
Research Assistant, Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Claremont Graduate
University; Claremont, CA. July 2004 to present. Duties:
- Assist and consult ISS in website navigation structure and design.
- Contribute research and intellectual support to the ISS
Community Service Learning Consultant/Associate Facilitator /Curriculum
Specialist,
San Francisco State University (SFSU), San Francisco Citywide Tutorial Program,
and San Francisco Unified School District San Francisco, CA. August 1999
to April 2000.
Duties:
- Designed curriculum, directed citywide curriculum implementation, and
taught managerial course in Community Service Learning to SFSU directors.
Course:
- Taught SFSU students, committed to directing learning centers in the
San Francisco Unified School District, about curriculum structure and alternative
teaching methods.
- Focused on curriculum implementation and managerial skills.
- Designed curriculum structure for citywide tutorial program.
- Trained site managers for facilitation of curriculum.
- Reported to Assistant Superintendent of Department of Integration.
Educational Counselor, Temple University’s Math/Science Upward Bound
Philadelphia, PA. Summer 1997. Duties: tutored and counseled
gifted in Math and Science while facilitating workshops in Research Composition
and Study Skills.
- Tutored and counseled gifted in Math and Science.
- Facilitated workshops in Research Composition and Study Skills.
- Provided Academic advisement for incoming Temple freshmen.
Website Designer and Webmaster, Addae Designs; Claremont, CA April 2000
to
present. Duties:
- Designed and hosted websites
- Custom tailored and designed sites for customers needs:
Program Designer, Minority Mentor Program Claremont Graduate University;
Claremont, CA. Fall 2002 to Spring 2003. Duties:
- Designed and edited MMP printed programs
- Custom tailored and designed miscellaneous media for office needs
Program Specialist, USC Med COR; Los Angeles, CA. February 2001 to June
2001.
Duties:
- Wrote grants and secured funding needs
- Designed and implemented young Black male mentoring program
- Managed and facilitated educational programs for 9th grade group of approximately
300 students.
Program Director/Website Manager, Open Voice; East Palo Alto, CA. April
2000
to December 2000. Duties:
- Managed budget for web design program.
- Designed curriculum for website design and maintenance training for East
Palo Alto youth.
- Developed protocol for online file transfer archiving and
live site maintenance.
- Taught and developed youth-based sites
to foster online community.
Center Director, Sylvan Learning Center, Compton, CA. February 1998 to May
1999.
Duties:
Managed two Sylvan-based learning centers servicing approximately
1500 students while facilitating Sylvan curriculum; advised instructors on
various teaching techniques.
- Managed two Sylvan-based learning centers servicing approximately 500
students.
- Managed budget for two Sylvan centers and (including the afterschool
program) and reported daily budgets to Maryland office.
- Supervised facilitation of $350,000 contract.
- Facilitated Sylvan curriculum and advised instructors on various teaching
techniques.
- Utilized multi-media based approach to learning.
- Designed organizational systems for learning center management.
Case Manager, Watts Labor Community Action Committee, Watts, CA. November
1997 to February 1998. Duties: worked with the L.A. Bridges Program in
conjunction with L.A. Unified schools (Markham Middle and Gompers Middle).
- Worked with the L.A. Bridges Program in conjunction with L.A. Unified
schools Markham Middle and Gompers Middle.
- Assisted in the supplemental
education and supervision of middle school students.
- Maintained in-depth
files on each student recruited.
- Presented case analysis
to parents, the community board of directors, and city officials as to
the progress of students in the program.
- Educational
Specialists, Community Occupational Readiness and Placement Program, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA. February 1997 to June 1997. Duties:
- Counseled and advised at risk youth personally and professionally.
- Taught
G.E.D. equivalency and preparation classes to meet probationary standards.
- Constructed
and facilitated educational activities (i.e.- field trips, presentations,
etc.)
Fellowships & Grant Awards
- Ford Dissertation Diversity Fellowship, National Research Council of
the National Academies, Washington, DC, 2006-7.
- Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, Preparing Future
Faculty Program, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2006-7.
- Cultural Studies Tuition Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont,
CA, 2001-3. 25% of annual tuition.
- Minority Cultural Studies Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont,
CA, 2001-3. 15% of annual tuition.
- Hillcrest Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2001-3.
60% of annual tuition.
Lecture at Pomona College, “Pan-Africanism and the Black Radical
Tradition” Course, Dr. Sydney Lemelle, April 14, 2008. Lecture
entitled, “Inventing the Sister/Bandit Icon in the American Imaginary .”
Lecture at the Minority Mentor Program’s Navigating the Dissertation
Process Series, Claremont, CA, April 10, 2008. Presentation entitled, “Just
Finish the Damn Thing Already!: Attaining Success through Completion
of the Dissertation.”
Lecture at the Inaugural Black Graduate Student Association Meeting, Claremont,
CA, March 10, 2008. Presentation entitled, "The Pillow and the Hammer:
The Effective Use of the BGSA at the Claremont Colleges."
Lecture at the POSSE Foundation; Year #3 Meeting, Claremont, CA, March 7,
2008. Presentation entitled, "Black Gender in Popular Culture."
Moderator at the Ninth Annual Minority Mentoring Conference: Transforming
Conversations, Claremont, CA, March 10, 2008. Moderator for session
entitled, "Technology and Innovation: Perspectives
from the Producers of Information/Tools for the Digital Future/Information
Age."
‘Politics 42: Gender and Politics’ course
lecture at Pomona College, Dr. ElizabethCrichton, Claremont, CA, March 4,
2008. Lecture entitled, “Assessing
Bevery Guy-Sheftall and Beverly Betsch Cole’s Gender Talk: The struggle
for Women’s Equality in African American Communities.”
Lecture at Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Claremont, CA, February
22, 2007. Presentation entitled, "[Re}membering Liberation, Future, and the
Outlaw{ed} Black Goddess: Excavating Typological Iconographies of Assata
Shakur."
Lecture for P.O.S.S.E. program at Pomona College, Claremont, CA, February
15, 2007. Presentation entitled, "Racial Stereotypes and American
Legislation: Blackness, Social Policies, Media, and Pop Culture."
Lecture at Women’s Center, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, October
12, 2006. Presentation entitled, “Black Masculinity and Pop Culture
Media.”
Lecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for Campus Cultural
Center Students, April 5, 2006. Lecture entitled, “B-Boy Warriors
or Pop Minstrels?: Gender and the Politics of Hip-Hop”
Panel Discussion with Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator, Steven Simon, March,
3, 2006. Claremont Graduate University’s 7th Annual Minority Mentor
Program Graduate Student Conference, Claremont, CA.
‘Religion 126: Gnosticism’ Course at Pomona College, for Prof.
Brent Smith, February 25, 2005. Lecture entitled, “Black Gnosticism:
Theological and Philosophical Implications.”
Lecture at 6th Annual Minority Mentor Program Graduate Student Conference,
Claremont Graduate University, Spring, 2005. Claremont, CA. Presentation
entitled, “Hidden Blackness: African American Esoteric/Gnostic
Practices in South Central Los Angeles.”
Lecture at American Academy
of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas,
November 20-23, 2004. Presentation entitled, “Hidden
Blackness: African American Esoteric/Gnostic Practices in South Central Los
Angeles.”
Lecture at California State University at Dominguez Hills, Africana Studies
Presentation Series. Lecture in Fall 2004 entitled, “Rap
in Pubescence: Socio-Political Potentialities of a Transformative
Hip-Hop Aesthetic.”
Lecture at Pomona College for Resident Advisor Training, August 19, 2004.
Lecture entitled, “Analyzing Internalized White Supremacy in Academia.”
‘Introduction to the Art Histories of Africa and the African Diaspora’ Course
at Pomona College, for Prof. Phyllis Jackson, April 22, 2004. Lecture entitled, “Analyzing
Patriarchal Racism in Documentary Narrative.”
‘Pan-Africanism and the Black Radical Tradition’ Course at Pomona
College, for Prof. Sydney Lemelle, April 12 & 19, 2004. Lecture entitled, “Race[ing]
Patriarchies: An Analysis of Race, Patriarchy, and Culture in American Memory.”
Fifth Annual Minority Mentor Program Graduate Student Conference at Claremont
Graduate University, April 2, 2004. Conference theme, “On Common Ground:
Creating Synergy in Research and Practice.” Paper presentation entitled, “Hidden
Blackness: African American Esoteric-Gnostic Practices in South Central Los
Angeles.”
‘American History: Race and the West’ Course at Claremont McKenna
College, for Prof. Herbert Ruffin, March 17, 2004. Lecture entitled, “Calculated
Aggression: Black Nationalism and the Black Power Movement in California
During the 1970’s.”
Lecture at Claremont McKenna College, March 3rd, 2004. Lecture entitled, “A
Legacy of Hate: The History of Lynching in the U.S.”
Theorizing Scriptures: An International Transdisciplinary Conference, The
Institute for Signifying Scriptures at Claremont Graduate University, February
27, 2004. Opening presentation in representation of the ‘“The
Bible” and “the Margins:” Subaltern Peoples and Sacred
Texts’ course.
Annual National Council of Black Studies Conference, Spring 2003 (San Diego,
CA): Paper presentation entitled “Not Riding the Back of the Bus:
Transnational Diaspora Studies and Black Globality”; additional
paper presentation entitled “Imagination and Contestation in
the Black Radical Tradition”
Africana Studies Symposium at Claremont Graduate University, November 22,
2002. Lecture entitled, “Claimin’ Our Heroes, Ownin’ Our
Politics, and Burnin’ Plantation Crops in the Academy: Identity and
Hero-Construction in Africana Studies .”
1998- Paper presentation entitled “New Jack Scholars
and the Next Generation of Africana Studies Scholarship”
1997- Paper presentation entitled “Africana Philosophy:
Ontology, Theory, and Praxis”; Lecture entitled “The
Value of Mentorship and Guidance for Black Students in the Academy”
1996- Participated in student panel discussion entitled “African
Studies and the Future of Leadership”
Africana Studies Graduate Student Association Symposium at Claremont Graduate
University, December 2002. Paper presentation entitled, “Claimin’ Our
Heroes, Ownin’ Our Politics, and Burnin’ Plantation Crops in
the Academy: Identity and Hero-Construction in Africana Studies.”
Black Graduation Commencement Address, California State University Dominguez
Hills, May 1998. Lecture entitled, “Black Students, Now That You’ve
Graduated, the Real Work Begins!”
First Annual Pan African Union Conference at California State University
Dominguez Hills, March 1996. Opening Address entitled, “Pan Africanism
in the 1990’s.”
Educational Opportunity Program’s Undergraduate Speech Contest at
California State University Dominguez Hills, April 1995. Speech entitled,
“Black Folk at the Crossroads: The Value of a College Degree in
1995.” Second place winner.
- 20th Century Africana Icons: Diaspora, Masculinity, and
Media Representation. Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies, Pitzer
College-The Claremont Colleges.
- African American Experience I: Accommodation, Resistance,
and Revolution from Africa to Reconstruction. African American Studies,
New Mexico University.
- The African Diaspora in America. Africana Studies Department
and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, California State University,
Dominguez Hills.
- African Diaspora Societies. Africana Studies Department, California
State University, Dominguez Hills.
- African World Peoples and Societies. Africana Studies Department,
California State University, Dominguez Hills.
- Education, Society & Language: Africana Cultural Resistance. Department
of Social and Behavioral Sciences,California State University, Dominguez
Hills.
- Hip Hop and the African Diaspora in the U.S.: Globalization, Masculinity,
and Representation. Africana Studies Department, California State
University, Dominguez Hills.
- Introduction to Africana Studies, Africana Studies Department,
California State University, Dominguez Hills.
- Theories and Concepts in Africana Studies. Africana Studies
Department, California State University, Dominguez Hills.
- Awarded the Office of Black Student Affairs’ Kuumba
Award for Years of Outstanding Service, April 2008.
- Elected President of the CSU Dominguez Hills Africana Studies Alumni
Affinity Association, 2003-2005.
- Founded the Claremont Graduate University Black Graduate Student Association,
2001.
- Commencement Address Speaker at African-American Graduation Ceremony
at CSU Dominguez Hills, 1999.
- National Council for Black Studies Conference Lecturer, 1995-1998.
- Featured Speaker at CSU Dominguez Hills Annual Pan-African Conference,
1997-8.
- Received certification for K-12 teaching in the state of California,
1997.
- Graduated with honors from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA in 1997.
- Granted Kwame Nkrumah Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Leadership
Award, CSU Dominguez Hills, 1996.
- Exceptional G.P.A. Award for Philosophy and Africana Studies at CSU
Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA in 1996.
- Certificate of Accomplishment from Educational Opportunity Program
for high academic achievement, 1995.
- CSU Dominguez Hills Educational Opportunity Program second place qualification
for Undergraduate Speaker of the Year in 1995.
- Website Design (Macromedia Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage)
- Photo Editing (Adobe Photoshop)
- Graphic Design
- Flash Animation (Adobe Image Ready)
- GlobalScape File Transfer Programs
- Microsoft Office Programs- (Access, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Word,
PowerPoint)
