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Susan Lee Johnson

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Susan Lee Johnson

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Madison, Wisconsin → Las Vegas, Nevada

Career

Occupations
Historian, Professor
Active Years
1978-
Affiliations
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), University of Wisconsin–Madison (Emeritus)

Education

Carthage College
History Department / History
Degree: BA
Period: 1974-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: United States
Arizona State University
History Department / History
Degree: MA
Period: 1982-1984
Year of Graduation: 1984
Country: United States
Yale University
Graduate School (PhD program) / History
Degree: PhD
Period: 1988-1993
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: United States

Awards

Bancroft Prize
2001
Work: Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush
Organization: Columbia University
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush

2000 History / Scholarly

A scholarly study re-examining social life and community structures during the California Gold Rush, focusing on gender, labor, and immigration.

Gold RushGender historyLabor historyCommunity

Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West

2020 History / Biographical study

A study of Kit Carson's biographies and changing public memory to question constructions of western heroism.

Memory historyHero narrativesWestern history

The Lesbian Issue: Essays from Signs (co-edited)

1985 Essay collection / Gender studies

An edited collection of scholarly essays on gender and sexuality, with contributions related to women's history and queer theory.

GenderSexualityFeminism

Bibliography

  • Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush
  • Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West
  • The Lesbian Issue: Essays from Signs (co-edited)
  • Numerous scholarly articles and edited chapters

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly, archival-based analytical styleCombines social history perspective with gender analysis
Recurring Motifs
Gender and laborMemory and commemorationCommunity social structures

Legacy

A respected historian in American West and gender history whose work on social life and memory during the Gold Rush has had significant academic impact. She has influenced generations as a university educator.

Academic Societies

  • American Historical Association (presumed)

Archives

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison affiliated archives (related materials)

Trivia

  • Held the Harry Reid Endowed Chair for the History of the Intermountain West at UNLV.
  • Emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
  • Won the 2001 Bancroft Prize for Roaring Camp.