Media Aesthetics at Northwestern 2024

 

I had a great week at the 2024 Media Aesthetics Summer Institute at Northwestern "Shared Grounds of Media Aesthetics and Ecology"! Also enjoyed the airport in Chicago and a side trip to Highland Park, IL.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

 June 9-16, 2024

I learned a lot at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., researching the border walls of the U.S.-Mexico border, Palestine/Israel, and the former Berlin Wall. Hope to return sometime to discover more in the archives!

Emma C. Johnson, Academic Résumé

DEGREES

Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan Technological University, 2022-Present (expected 2028)

Rhetoric, Theory, & Culture

Master of Arts, Central Michigan University, 2022

History

Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2008

English

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2005

Painting, Photography

EDUCATION

Michigan Technological University, 2022-Present

Philosophy, Literature, Composition, Rhetoric, Globalization, Creative Non-Fiction Writing, Technology, Film Theory, Alterity, Aesthetics and Modernity

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany, Spring 2022

History, Sociology

Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI, 2022-Present

Conversational German 

 

Central Michigan University, Master of Arts, 2020-2022

History

Delta College, 2012-2015

French, physics, math, piano, biology, inorganic & organic chemistry

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Bachelor of Arts, English, 2006–2008

English, writing, German, film studies 
Fluent in German, U of M Language Proficiency Exam, 1/16/09

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, National Student Exchange, 2007-2008

English, German, interactive design

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Painting, 2000–2005

Fine art, media arts, graphic design, art history

Macalester College, Macalester Exchange Program, 2003

Philosophy

Parsons Paris School of Art and Design / École Parsons à Paris (renamed Paris College of Art), Study Abroad, Fall 2002

Fine art, French

Michigan Technological University, Post-secondary option and MiCUP/MI-LSAMP, 1999-2000, 2015

Art, writing, psychology, economics; statistics

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT

Northwestern University

• 2024 Rhetoric, Media, and Publics Summer Institute. “Media Aesthetics VI: Shared Grounds of Media Aesthetics and Ecology.” Sponsored by the Center for Global Culture and Communication, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. 15-19 July 2024.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

• Spent one week researching at LOC for the project “Monuments of the U.S.-Mexico Border: "What art objects reveal about power in the borderlands” funded by the Institute for Policy, Ethics, and Culture (IPEC) at Michigan Technological University. Washington, D.C. 9-16 June 2024.

LANGUAGES

German, 5 semesters, University of MN & Rutgers (2006-2008), Self-study (2020-Present)

French, 2 semesters, Parsons Paris (2002), Delta College (2013), Self-study (2016 – Present)

Mandarin, 10 weeks, Chinese Cultural Ongoing Program (CCOP), Midland, MI (2011)

Spanish, 3.5 years, Houghton High School, Houghton, MI (1995-1998)

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Panel Chair and Presenter. Johnson, E. (2024). “The American Dream is thriving on reality TV: Examining Project Runway, success narratives, and a nation’s founding story.” Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. 4-6 Oct 2024. (forthcoming)

Poster Presenter. Johnson, E. (2024). “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Self-Care: Self-care for students through work-life balance, community connection, and flexible time.” 2024 Upper Peninsula Teach and Learning Conference. “Embracing Change: Meeting the Needs of Modern Learners,” Bay College, Escanaba, MI, 13-14 May 2024.

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2024). “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Self-Care: Self-care for students through work-life balance, community connection, and flexible time.” 2024 Upper Peninsula Teach and Learning Conference. “Embracing Change: Meeting the Needs of Modern Learners,” Bay College, Escanaba, MI, 13-14 May 2024.

Poster Presenter. Johnson, E. (2024). “Bauhaus, Burning Man, and Bohemia: Interfacing with the world through technology, philosophy, and aesthetics.” Graduate Student Government, “Graduate Research Colloquium,” Michigan Technological University, 26 Mar 2024.

Oral Presenter. Johnson, E. (2024). “Bauhaus, Burning Man, and Bohemia: Interfacing with the world through technology, philosophy, and aesthetics.” Graduate Student Government, “Graduate Research Colloquium,” Michigan Technological University, 26 Mar 2024.

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2024). “Bauhaus, Burning Man, and Bohemia: Interfacing with the world through technology, philosophy, and aesthetics.” Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Virtual Graduate Student Mini-Conference, 22-23 Mar 2024. (Online)

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2023). "Bobo/ETF Hipsters: Embracing creativity over commerce in [HBO's] Girls." Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. 6-8 Oct 2023.

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2023). "Bourdieu's 'Distinction,' socio-economic class, and pop culture in first-year composition." Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. 6-8 Oct 2023.

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2023). “All Dressed Up With Everywhere To Go: Fashion as a reflection of identity in the Atlantic Anthropocene.” 10th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Culture. “Fashion As Material Culture.” Organized by Gümüşhane University, Ankara Science University, and University of Évora. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi, Turkey. 15-16 Sept 2023. (Online)

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2022). “The French Concession as Contested Space: What aesthetics reveal about globalization in Xīntiāndi.” Arch Dalrymple III Department of History Graduate History Conference, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (Virtual).

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2022). “Representations of War: How the Vietnam War shifted art from abstraction to (public) intervention.” History Graduate Student Association Conference, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Virtual).

Presenter. Johnson, E. (2021). “Performing Nationality: What the 1773 Boston Tea Party reveals about American identity,” Navigating Chaos. Arch Dalrymple III Department of History Graduate Student Association’s Conference. University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. 10 Apr 2021. (Virtual)

Co-presenter. Johnson, E. (2015). "From Writing Center to WRIT: Adding Reading & Technology Services to Our Writing Center." International Writing Centers Association Conference "Writing Center (r)Evolutions," Pittsburgh, PA, 9 Oct 2015.

Poster Presenter. Johnson, E. (2015). "Determination of 25-hydroxy Vitamin D in Human Tears and Blood Plasma using ELISA Assay Kit." MiCUP Poster Presentation, Michigan Technological University. Houghton, Michigan.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS 

 

Book chapter in Bad Ideas about AI and Writing: Toward Generative Ideas for Teaching, Learning, and Communication. (2024 proposal accepted, forthcoming)

“Darkytown Rebellion Installation: Viewers become a Kara Walker live action film” Voices from the Gaps, University of Minnesota, 22 May 2013. Online. http://web.archive.org/web/20141015204932/http://voices.cla.umn.edu/essays/essays/DarkytownRebellion.html

“Kara Walker”
Voices from the Gaps, University of Minnesota, 20 May 2013. Online. http://web.archive.org/web/20150422015808/http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/karaWalker.html

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

*IPEC Graduate Student Small Grant Award, Michigan Technological University, 2024

*Travel Grant, Graduate Student Government, Michigan Technological University, 2023

*Spring 2022 Graduate Student Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University, 2022 

*Central Michigan University, Office of Study Abroad Scholarship, Spring 2022 

*American Association of University Women – Women in Transition Scholarship, 2021-2022

*Albert Thomas and Brenda Jones Quick Graduate Study Abroad Scholarship, 2021

*European Union’s Erasmus+ exchange program grant, Spring 2021 (Central Michigan University and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität)

*Semester Abroad Tuition Waiver, Spring 2021 (Central Michigan University, History Department for Friedrich-Schiller-Universität)

*Graduate Assistantship, Fall 2020 (Central Michigan University)

*Grow with Google Developer Scholarship, 2018 (Google/Udacity)

*Grow with Google Challenge Scholarship, 2018 (Google/Udacity)

*Scott Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, 2017 (Interfaith Peace-Builders)

*Helen M. Casey Center for Nonviolence, 2017 (for Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation)

*Coca-Cola Scholarship, 2015-16 (Delta College)

*Zonta Club of Midland Scholarship, 2014-15 (Midland Area Community Foundation for Delta College)

*Arthur J. and Bette L. Fisher Scholarship, 2014-15 (Delta College)

*M. Seth Babcock Scholarship, 2013-14 (Delta College)

*First United Methodist Church of Midland, MI, 2011 (funds for mission trip to Chiang Mai)

*Cari-DeWall Obst Uptown Association Scholarship, 2002-03, 2003-04 (Minneapolis College of Art and Design)

*Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Scholarship (Copper Country Suzuki Association private and group violin lessons)

*Houghton High School Music Boosters, Band Camp Scholarship, 1996-1999

Peru 2024

 Enjoyed visiting Peru, including Machu Picchu!

UP TLC 2024

 I enjoyed presenting at and attending the Upper Peninsula Teaching and Learning Conference in Escanaba, Michigan, May 13 & 14, 2024! #uptlc2024

GSG Coffee Chat

Coffee chat on April 19, 2024, at MTU Grad Commons. Graduate Student Government with guest math prof Robert Schneider. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C58vu4CuIjp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

GSG pottery night

 Graduate Student Government pottery painting night March 21, 2024.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4y6IwluG3p/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==