The Department of Africana Studies
“A Place Where Scholars, Thinkers and Leaders are Nurtured”

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Talib Hasan Johnson, Professor

HASAN.JOHNSON@CGU.EDU

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Ph.D. student in Cultural Studies Department from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2004.

Certificate Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2004.

M.A. M.A. degree in African-American Studies from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA with honors, 1997.

Dual B.A. B.A. degrees with honors, in Philosophy and Africana Studies from California State University from CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, 1996.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
20th Century African Diaspora Culture, History, and Politics
Africana Studies Theory and Methodology
Ancient African Societies and Cultures
Gender and formations of Masculinity
Hip-Hop Culture
Media Representation
Spiritual, Myth, and Folklore Practices
Visual Culture

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Elected President of the CSU Dominguez Hills Africana Studies Alumni Affinity Association, 2003.
• Cultural Studies Tuition Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2002-3.
• Minority Cultural Studies Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2002-3.
• Hillcrest Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2001-2.
• Commencement Address Speaker at African-American Graduation Ceremony at CSU Dominguez Hills, 1999.
• National Council for Black Studies Conference Lecturer, 1995-1998.
• Featured Speaker at CSU Dominguez Hills Annual Pan-African Conference, 1997-8.
• Received certification for teaching in the state of California, 1997.
• Graduated with honors from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA in 1997.
• Granted Cheikh Anta Diop Award for outstanding academic achievement, 1996.
• Graduated with Honors from CSU Dominguez Hills 1996.
• Exceptional G.P.A. Award for Philosophy and Africana Studies at CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA in 1996.
• Certificate of Accomplishment from Educational Opportunity Program for high academics, 1995.
• CSU Dominguez Hills Educational Opportunity Program second place qualification for Undergraduate Speaker of the Year in 1995.

PRESENTATIONS

FIFTH ANNUAL MINORITY MENTOR PROGRAM GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE, April 2, 2004.
Lecture entitled, “On Common Ground: Creating Synergy in Research and Practice.” Paper presentation entitled, “Hidden Blackness: African American Esoteric-Gnostic Practices in South Central Los Angeles” on “Religion: New Readings in a Contemporary Society” panel.

THEORIZING SCRIPTURES: AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE, February 27, 2004.
Opening presentation in representation of the “The Bible” and “the Margins”: Subaltern Peoples and Sacred Texts course.

ANNUAL NATIONAL COUNCIL OF BLACK STUDIES CONFERENCE:
2002- Paper presentation entitled “Not Riding the Back of the Bus: Transnational Diaspora Studies and Black Globality”; additional paper presentation entitled “Imagination and Contestation in the Black Radical Tradition”
1998- Paper presentation entitled “New Jack Scholars and the Next Generation of Africana Studies Scholarship”
1997- Paper presentation entitled “Africana Philosophy: Ontology, Theory, and Praxis”; Lecture entitled “The Value of Mentorship and Guidance for Black Students in the Academy”
1996- Participated in student panel discussion entitled “African Studies and the Future of Leadership”

AFRICANA STUDIES GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, December 2002.
Paper presentation entitled, “Claimin’ Our Heroes, Ownin’ Our Politics, and Burnin’ Plantation Crops in the Academy: Identity and Hero-Construction in Africana Studies.”

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS BLACK GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS, May 1998.
Lecture entitled, “Black Students, Now That You’ve Graduated, the Real Work Begins!”

FIRST ANNUAL CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS PAN AFRICAN UNION CONFERENCE, March 1996.
Opening Address entitled, “Pan Africanism in the 1990’s.”

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM’S UNDERGRADUATE SPEECH CONTEST, April 1995.
Speech entitled, “Black Folk at the Crossroads: The Value of a College Degree in 1995.” Second place winner.

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