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Curriculum Vitae
Janis (Jan) Johnson
Assistant Professor
November 2006
Department of
English
1546 Borah Avenue
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83843
Moscow, ID 83844-1102
janjohn@uidaho.edu
(208)
885-6156/7743
Education
Ph.D., English, December 1999,
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Specializations: American Literature, Colonial/Post-Colonial
Theory
Dissertation:
“Hidden Nation: Nez Perce Identity and American Indian Sovereignty”
B.A.,
English, with honors, 1990, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington.
Publications
"Resisting
Re-colonization: The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and the Nez Perce
Indians,"
forthcoming, Lewis and Clark and
American Expansion, U Press Nebraska, 2006.
"Jackson Sundown: Nez Perce Indian
Rodeo Champion." Encyclopedia of Native American
Athletes and Sports,
C. Richard King, Ed. (ABC-CLIO), 2004.
"Resisting Re-colonization: The Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial and the Nez Perce Tribe." Selected
Symposium Proceedings, Confluence of
Cultures: Native Americans and the Lewis and
Clark Expedition, University of
Montana, 2003.
“Saving the Salmon, Saving the People:
Environmental Justice and Columbia River Tribal
Literatures.” The Environmental
Justice Reader: Politics, Poetics, and Pedagogy,
Joni Adamson, Mei Mei Evans and Rachel
Stein, Eds., University of Arizona Press 2002.
“Performing History and Identity: Chief
Joseph Days,” Selected Papers, Society for
the Interdisciplinary Study of Social
Imagery, March 21-23, 1996, Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Will Wright and Steven
Kaplan, eds, The Image of the American West in Literature, Media and
Society: Pueblo, Colorado: 192-96.
Presentations
“Shared Places: Learning and Teaching on Tribal Land”
(with Prof. Georgia Johnson, College of
Education), Western Literature
Association, Boise, ID, October, 2006.
“In Living Color: Teaching American Literature with
Technology,” Inland Northwest Council
of Teachers of English, Moscow, ID, October
2006.
“Sacred Land Dispute at Old Chief Joseph’s Grave,”
(documentary film in progress) Native
American Literature Symposium
(NALS), Saginaw
Chippewa Reservation, Mt. Pleasant WI, April 2006.
“Are We Post-colonial Yet? Conflict at Old Chief
Joseph’s Grave,” Pacific Northwest American
Studies Association, Spokane, Washington, March 2006.
"Teaching and Telling History in Louise
Erdrich's Tracks," Idaho Humanities Summer Teachers
Institute, Albertson College, July
2005.
“Historical Trauma and Healing in Debra
Magpie Earling’s Perma Red,” Native American
Literature Symposium, Minneapolis, MN,
April 2005.
“Discovering Tribal Perspectives on the
Environment Through Local Tribal Literatures,”
Northwest Regional National Council of
Teachers of English Conference: “Core of
Discovery: Engaging Voices and
Visions,” Lewis Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, March
2005; collaboration with Aaron Miles
(Nez Perce), Natural Resources Manager,
Nez Perce Tribe.
“Environmental Justice as Critical
Pedagogy.” Globalization and the Environmental Justice
Movement Symposium. Tucson, Arizona,
September 23-25, 2004.
"Teaching What Matters: Toward a
Curriculum for Social Justice." Inland Northwest Council of
Teachers of English Conference, Moscow,
ID, October 2003.
"Resisting Re-colonization: The Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial and the Nez Perce Tribe"
(Revised), A Confluence of Cultures:
Native Americans and the Lewis and Clark
Expedition,
University of Montana, May 2003.
“Salmon, Dams, Columbia River Indians
and Environmental Justice." UI Earth Day
Symposium, March 2003.
"Resisting Re-colonization: The Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial and the Nez Perce Tribe,"
Lewis and Clark: The Unheard Voices,
Penn Sate University, November 2002.
“Salmon’s People: Nez Perce Literature,
Fishing, and the Dams.” Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association Convention, Boise,
Idaho. October 2001.
“What Children Learn at Chief Joseph
Days.” American Culture Association Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, Louisiana. April
2000.
“Saving the Salmon: Saving the People:
Native American Literatures and Social Justice.”
Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic
Literatures of the U.S. (MELUS) Annual
Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
March 2000.
“Performing History and Identity at
Chief Joseph Days.” Society for the Interdisciplinary
Study of Social Imagery Conference,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. March 1996.
“Politics and Post-Coloniality in
Native North America.” University of North Carolina Graduate
Student Conference, Raleigh, North
Carolina. April 1995.
“Native American Icons: Leonard Peltier.” South Central Modern Language
Association Annual
Convention, Houston, Texas. October
1995.
Grants
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Co-author,
Women’s Themes UI President’s Diversity Initiative Grant, Fall 2005.
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Co-author,
UI
President’s Strategic Initiative Proposal: The Parfleche Exchange
Program, Fall 2005.
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Grant writer/
recipient,
Idaho Humanities Council, 2006 ($3500), 2005 ($3500); 2004
($3275); 2003 ($4000); 2002 ($1000).
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Grant
writer/Recipient,
UI President’s Diversity Initiative Grant, September 2005 ($900),
January 2005 ($500).
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Consultant/Co-Grant
Writer,
NEH Grant, Idaho Humanities Council Summer Teachers
Institute, Native American Literature,
2004.
Selected Courses Taught
Shared
Places: An Introduction to Tribal Histories and Cultures (Spring 2007)
Celluloid
Indian: Native Americans in Popular Film (Spring 2007)
Historical Trauma and Healing in Native
American Literatures and Communities (Grad/Fall 06)
In Living Color: American Literature in
its Cultural Context (Grad/Summer 06)
American Indian Literature
(Grad/undergrad)
American Indian Women’s
Literature (directed study)
African American
Literature: Political Liberation Through a Musical Lens
American Indians in
Literature and Film
Ethnic American Literature
Introduction to Ethnic
Studies
Literature of Environmental
Justice (Grad/undergrad)
Teaching Toward Social
Justice (Grad)
American Literature Survey:
pre-contact – present
Core Discovery: Race,
Ethnicity and Identity
Introduction to Literary
Theory
Other Professional Experience/Service
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Faculty Advisor,
UI
Native American Graduate Student Association, 2005-present
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Informal Faculty
Advisor,
UI Native American Student Association
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Organizer,
public
reading by “Affrilachian” poet Frank X Walker, spring 2006.
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Organizer,
public
reading by Lakota author Tiffany Midge, January 2006.
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Organizer/Producer,
UI
American Indian Film Festival, Spring 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.
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Co-coordinator,
UI
participation in Nez Perce Tribe Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
Signature Event, 2005-2006.
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Co-Lead Scholar,
Idaho Humanities Council Summer Teachers Institute, “Nothing But the
Truth: Survival and Celebration in Native American Literature," July
2005.
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Co-creator,
Eric
McMillan Diversity Scholarship (fundraising in progress), May 2005.
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Panel
Organizer/Chair/Presenter,
“Historical Trauma
and Healing in Native Literatures and Communities,” Native American
Literature Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, April 2005.
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Dialogue Facilitator:
Sovereignty and Ethical Issues: “Indigenizing the Curriculum,”
American Indian Distinguished Speakers
Series, University of Idaho, November 2003.
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Organizer,
public reading by Flathead Indian author Debra Magpie Earling, March
2003.
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Coordinator, Media
Lab, English Department,
Tulane University,
2001-2002.
Committee Service
UI “Grow Your Own Native PhD Program” with Dean of
Graduate School Margrit von Braun,
Professors Rodney Frey and Georgia Johnson,
2006
UI Search Committee, Director of Diversity and
Community, 2006
UI Search Committee, Director Native Student Center,
2006
UI
Juntura Committee (advocates for underrepresented students), Fall
2004-present
UI
English Department Curriculum Committee, Fall 2005-present
UI
English Department Executive Committee, 2004-2005
Professional
Affiliations
Modern Language Association
Association for the Study of American
Indian Literatures
Association for the Study of Literature
and Environment
Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic
Literatures of the United States
National Council of Teachers of English
American Studies Association
Other Affiliations
The 55 Coalition (local
tribal/non-tribal environmental education/action group concerned
with 1855 Treaty lands/people)
Latah County Human Rights Task Force
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