Don Johnson
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Assistant Professor
PhD 2015, Northwestern University
422P Minard Hall
Telephone: 701-231-6845
Research Areas: Colonial and Revolutionary America, Popular Politics, Urban History, Early Modern Empires, Social History, Material Culture, and Memory Studies
Don Johnson grew up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and gained his love of history from countless childhood visits to historic sites and museums in the area. He earned his BA from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, his MA from the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, and his PhD from Northwestern University. His research and teaching focuses on colonial America and the early Republic, and he also teaches courses in NDSU’s public history program.
More info:
https://ndsu.academia.edu/DonaldJohnson
HIST 103 – US History to 1877
HIST 420/620 – Colonial American History
HIST 421/621 – Revolutionary America
HIST 428/628: War and Society in Early America
HIST 415/615: Memory and Memorialization in America
HIST 760: The Age of Atlantic Revolutions