Allan G. Johnson Explained
Allan G. Johnson |
Birth Name: | Allan G. Johnson |
Birth Date: | 1946 |
Birth Place: | Washington, DC, US |
Death Date: | December 24, 2017 |
Occupation: | Author, Sociologist, Public Speaker |
Education: | PhD., Sociology |
Alma Mater: | Dartmouth College University of Michigan |
Genre: | Sociology, fiction |
Notableworks: | - The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise
- Privilege, Power, and Difference
- The First Thing and the Last
- Not from Here
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Spouse: | Nora L. Jamieson |
Allan G. Johnson (1946–2017) was an American writer and public speaker who worked in the fields of sociology and gender studies. One of his nonfiction works is , about the detrimental effects of the patriarchy. He died of lymphoma.[1] [2]
Biography
Allan G. Johnson was born in Washington, DC.[3] He lived there until he was six years old, when he and his family moved to Oslo, Norway, for two years while his father served at the U.S. Embassy. When the family returned to the United States, they settled in Massachusetts.
Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in Sociology and English at Dartmouth College and his PH.D. in Sociology at the University of Michigan. His dissertation focused on women's roles in Mexico City. After receiving his PhD, he worked at Wesleyan University in the sociology department. During this time, he published his first book, Social Statistics without Tears. After he left Wesleyan, he worked at Hartford College for Women, teaching sociology and women's studies. During this time, he wrote a number of books, including The Gender Knot and The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise.
In 1995, Johnson began working as a corporate trainer and began doing freelance public speaking engagements after The Gender Knot was published. During this time, he began to publish novels, including The First Thing And The Last and Nothing Left to Lose.
Bibliography
- Social Statistics without Tears (1977)
- Human arrangements: An introduction to sociology, 4th edition 1996)
- The forest for the trees: An introduction to sociological thinking (1997)
- , 3rd edition (2014)[4] [5]
- Privilege, Power, and Difference, 3rd edition (2017)[6] [7] [8] [9]
- The Blackwell Dictionary Of Sociology: A User's Guide To Sociological Language, 2nd Edition (2005)[10] [11] [12]
- Nothing Left to Lose (2012)[13]
- The First Thing and the Last (2010)
- The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise, 3rd edition (2014)[14] [15] [16] [17]
- Not from Here: A Memoir (2015)
Notes and References
- Web site: Allan Johnson Obituary (1946 - 2018). legacy.com.
- Web site: Extraordinary Life: He Was A Feminist, Concerned With Power And Privilege. Hartford Courant. Jan 28, 2018. 2022-07-08. Hamilton. Anne.
- Web site: About. Allan G. Johnson. 7 January 2010. en-US. 2016-04-14.
- Rosenthal. N.B.. Johnson, Allan G.: The gender knot: unraveling our patriarchal legacy (review). . April 2015. 52. 8. 1409.
- Kahn. Arnold S. 1998-06-01. UNRAVELING PATRIARCHY (review). Psychology of Women Quarterly. en. 22. 2. 305–307. 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00156.x. 149412743. 1471-6402.
- Egan. Daniel. 2002-01-01. Review of Privilege, Power, and Difference. 3211393. Teaching Sociology. 30. 2. 266–267. 10.2307/3211393.
- KINSER. AMBER E.. 2005-01-01. Review of Privilege, Power, and Difference. 2d edition. 40546045. Feminist Teacher. 15. 3. 255–256.
- Smith. Amy. Privilege, Power, and Difference. (review). Women & Language. 2008. 31. 1. 67–68.
- Collins. L.H.. 2002-03-01. Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, & Difference (review). Psychology of Women Quarterly. en. 26. 1. 92–98. 10.1111/1471-6402.00047. 151932048. 1471-6402.
- Book: Blackwell Dictionary Of Sociology (review). Booklist. April 18, 2016.
- Johnson, Allan G. The Blackwell dictionary of sociology: a user's guide to sociological language (review). Choice Reviews. November 2000. 38. 3. 38–1312. 10.5860/CHOICE.38-1312.
- Wentworth. William. The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language (review). Contemporary Sociology. January 1998. 27. 1. 112. . 10.2307/2654763. 2654763.
- Web site: Fiction Reviews, October 15, 2011. Library Journal Reviews. 2016-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160426112928/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2011/10/books/fiction/fiction-reviews-october-15-2011/. April 26, 2016. dead.
- Coulter. B Gerry. The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise (review). The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. February 1999. 36. 1. 139–141. .
- Kaufman. Peter. 1998-01-01. Review of The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise. 1318837. Teaching Sociology. 26. 3. 229–230. 10.2307/1318837.
- Chambliss. Daniel F.. 1999-01-01. Johnson. Allan G.. Lemert. Charles. Schwalbe. Michael. What Are We Trying to Teach?. 2653924. Contemporary Sociology. 28. 1. 121–125. 10.2307/2653924.
- Johnson, Allan G. The forest and the trees: sociology as life, practice, and promise (review). January 1998. Choice Reviews Online. 35. 5. 35–3024. 10.5860/CHOICE.35-3024.