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Ronald Angelo Johnson
@ronajohnson.bsky.social
Lynn Endowed Chair of History at Baylor | Forthcoming book on US diplomacy during American Revolution with Cornell University Press
Fellow @shearites.bsky.social historian @jmbeatty.bsky.social’s article “Rethinking the Gender of Politics” is out in the latest issue of @thejerpano.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Had a wonderful time chatting with Sullivan Summer on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast about my new book *Entangled Alliances* with @cornellupress.bsky.social. Stay tuned to listen in on our fascinating conversation. 📚🎙️
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What a joy to chat with *the* @lizcovart.bsky.social about my new book *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) for the Ben Franklin’s World podcast! Stay tuned for our conversation. 📚🎙️
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At @oieahc.bsky.social conference, @adamxmcneil.bsky.social delivered an engaging paper centering enslaved Black children & the Battle of Yorktown as a historical lens through which to frame questions of freedom during the American Revolution.
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Spent the morning of PUBLICATION DAY talking with @econroykrutz.bsky.social, the best book series editor EVER about *Entangled Alliances*. Proud to be a part of @cornellupress.bsky.social The United States in the World series. Our conversation about the book is coming soon! 📚🎙️
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Today is the official PUBLICATION DAY for *Entangled Alliances* from @cornellupress.bsky.social!!! Save on your copy of the book with the QR code and discount code. 📚
October 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Delivering the 2025 Emeritus Professors Endowed Lecture was an extraordinary experience! The crowd was engaged. The students & faculty asked brilliant, probing questions about my new book with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚
October 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This Friday! Delivering Emeritus Professors Endowed Lecture & sharing a bit of my new book with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚🎙️
October 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
When your JER co-editor buys & hypes your book. Thank you, @johannneem.bsky.social! 🙏🏾
October 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Look forward to talking about #America250 & US history later this week as part of the Emeritus Professors Endowed Lecture series.
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
IT’S A REAL BOOK!!! My copy of ENTANGLED ALLIANCES arrived from @cornellupress.bsky.social! 📚
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today, my @baylor.bsky.social US History seminar dives headlong into this marvelous book by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 📚
September 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Everyone should have a friend like @econroykrutz.bsky.social! 🙏🏾📚
September 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Delighted to have Rhondda R. Thomas join ou US History seminar today to talk with amazing @baylor.bsky.social students about her wonderful book Claiming Exodus. 📚 Grace. Brilliance. Power. 🙏🏾
September 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A year after @lesliemalex.bsky.social delivered the Edmondson lectures at @baylor.bsky.social, her words & presence continue to nourish my spirit.
September 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Spent last week re-reading Tara Bynum’s insightful work for the book I’m writing with @princetonupress.bsky.social 📚👨🏾‍💻
September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Exploring this gem by Rhondda Robinson Thomas with my amazing Black American History seminar students. 📚
September 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Neville & Sable showing us the way on #LaborDay
September 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The @thejerpano.bsky.social Conference Paper-to-Article Workshop is a favorite summer event. Thank you @shearites.bsky.social President @carolyneastman.bsky.social for joining us. The state of early US history scholarship is strong!
August 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My forthcoming book with @cornellupress.bsky.social has a COVER!!! 🔥🔥🔥
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Daut’s historical reasoning seems pertinent:

“White supremacist ideologies of colonists turned the Haitian Revolution (1789-1804) in their imaginations into a “racial” war where the victor would not only win the contested territory but would completely eliminate their opponents from the earth.”
July 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to my brilliant @baylor.bsky.social colleague @drdegraff.bsky.social, named a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Historical Society. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

“Earning a fellowship is recognition of years of proven excellence in the field of history."

history.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
July 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Spent last week in the New Guinea neighborhood on Nantucket Island talking about the African Baptist Meeting House, Black Baptist history & @baylor.bsky.social.
July 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
July 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Perk of Society for Historians of the Early American Republic @shearites.bsky.social
conference being held in Providence: meeting in cool coffee shop with @baylor.bsky.social alum Kea Bekkedahl who completed masters degree at Brown University.
July 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM