Dr. Erica Johnson
@drericajohnson.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History at Francis Marion University, Editor for @AgeofRevs, Codirector of AAAS, USS faculty coordinator, LACS-SHA treasurer, she/her
On a quiz, a student wrote Voltaire as "Volitaire." Was Voltaire volatile? Please discuss.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On a quiz, a student wrote Voltaire as "Volitaire." Was Voltaire volatile? Please discuss.
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1/n Belatedly (for which I blame all the things this semester), I am celebrating Karin Wulf's wonderful, important, and gorgeous new book. So long in the making and so excellent. Order it and read it now if you haven't yet! 😍
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
1/n Belatedly (for which I blame all the things this semester), I am celebrating Karin Wulf's wonderful, important, and gorgeous new book. So long in the making and so excellent. Order it and read it now if you haven't yet! 😍
The way we board planes is so inefficient.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The way we board planes is so inefficient.
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Reposted by Dr. Erica Johnson
The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
recipes.hypotheses.org
recipes.hypotheses.org
Autumn 2025
GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES INTRODUCTION By Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, and Amanda E. Herbert, Editors The early modern globalization of food and medicine was also a globalization of recipes. A...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
recipes.hypotheses.org
recipes.hypotheses.org
Who is going to the SHA in St. Pete?
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Who is going to the SHA in St. Pete?
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I don’t think I have ever been this burnt out and demoralized and part of this is because institutions are not taking our concerns about the pedagogical harms of widespread and uncritical adoption of LLMs in higher education seriously.
It’s exhausting to do this without any support.
It’s exhausting to do this without any support.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I don’t think I have ever been this burnt out and demoralized and part of this is because institutions are not taking our concerns about the pedagogical harms of widespread and uncritical adoption of LLMs in higher education seriously.
It’s exhausting to do this without any support.
It’s exhausting to do this without any support.
I am so pleased with me from before my trip, because she worked ahead so that I wouldn't have to scramble with jetlag.
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I am so pleased with me from before my trip, because she worked ahead so that I wouldn't have to scramble with jetlag.
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Nice, short piece by historian Dr Alex Sessa on the American Revolution and the question of liberty substack.com/inbox/post/1...
America: A History of Ideas
Idea 1 - Taxes, Tyranny, and Treason: Who Gets to Define Liberty Anyway?
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October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Nice, short piece by historian Dr Alex Sessa on the American Revolution and the question of liberty substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Reposted by Dr. Erica Johnson
Article Abstract: Claiming Reparations, Claiming the City
by Clarence Lang journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
by Clarence Lang journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Claiming Reparations, Claiming the City - Clarence Lang, 2025
Historians of the African American urban experience have revived scholarly efforts to document Black communities’ “right to the city.” These explorations have f...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Article Abstract: Claiming Reparations, Claiming the City
by Clarence Lang journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
by Clarence Lang journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
Tennessee State Museum Curator of Social History, Tranae Chatman, explores the early photography of enslaved people.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
I highly recommend American Airlines' Premium Economy for long haul flights. Flew 14 hours from Doha to Philly, and it made that journey pleasant.
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I highly recommend American Airlines' Premium Economy for long haul flights. Flew 14 hours from Doha to Philly, and it made that journey pleasant.
Starting our long journey back to South Carolina today. Rwanda has been wonderful, and I have met so many wonderful people.
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Starting our long journey back to South Carolina today. Rwanda has been wonderful, and I have met so many wonderful people.
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After 2 days of waiting, I finally received my luggage lats night. It has been an adventure shopping for clothing for a conference, but I have had some really nice interactions with local vendors.
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
After 2 days of waiting, I finally received my luggage lats night. It has been an adventure shopping for clothing for a conference, but I have had some really nice interactions with local vendors.
Powerful image about democracy in the USA
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Powerful image about democracy in the USA
As professors and administrators, we really are no better than our students when it comes to our technology dependency. During most panels, half the room is on a device doing something not conference related.
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As professors and administrators, we really are no better than our students when it comes to our technology dependency. During most panels, half the room is on a device doing something not conference related.
In a panel on AI, and the technology isn't working.
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In a panel on AI, and the technology isn't working.
It is striking how much faculty from elsewhere in the world are so well-informed about higher education in the USA. I do not believe that most American professors are equally versed in higher education outside the USA.
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It is striking how much faculty from elsewhere in the world are so well-informed about higher education in the USA. I do not believe that most American professors are equally versed in higher education outside the USA.
We are getting a hearty dose of how the world sees the USA and higher education at this conference.
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We are getting a hearty dose of how the world sees the USA and higher education at this conference.
Belgian Peacekeepers Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Belgian Peacekeepers Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda
While Florence (South Carolina, USA) has an elevation of about 140 feet, Kigali (Rwanda) is around 5,140 feet. We are definitely feeling it when out walking about the hilly city.
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
While Florence (South Carolina, USA) has an elevation of about 140 feet, Kigali (Rwanda) is around 5,140 feet. We are definitely feeling it when out walking about the hilly city.
Kigali is beautiful!
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Kigali is beautiful!
My luggage still has not made it to Rwanda, so I have had to do some shopping (something I actually dread).
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
My luggage still has not made it to Rwanda, so I have had to do some shopping (something I actually dread).