Allan G. Johnson

Allan G. Johnson
Johnson at a 2003 video interview
Johnson at a 2003 video interview
BornAllan G. Johnson
1946
Washington, DC, US
DiedDecember 24, 2017
OccupationAuthor, Sociologist, Public Speaker
EducationPhD., Sociology
Alma materDartmouth College
University of Michigan
GenreSociology, fiction
Notable works
SpouseNora L. Jamieson
Website
www.agjohnson.us

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 The Gender Knot: Unraveling our Patriarchal Legacy, 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)
  • The Gender Knot: Unraveling our Patriarchal Legacy, 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)

References

  1. ^ "Allan Johnson Obituary (1946 - 2018)". legacy.com.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Anne (Jan 28, 2018). "Extraordinary Life: He Was A Feminist, Concerned With Power And Privilege". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  3. ^ "About". Allan G. Johnson. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  4. ^ Rosenthal, N.B. (April 2015). "Johnson, Allan G.: The gender knot: unraveling our patriarchal legacy (review)". Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 52 (8): 1409.
  5. ^ Kahn, Arnold S (1998-06-01). "UNRAVELING PATRIARCHY (review)". Psychology of Women Quarterly. 22 (2): 305–307. doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00156.x. ISSN 1471-6402. S2CID 149412743.
  6. ^ Egan, Daniel (2002-01-01). "Review of Privilege, Power, and Difference". Teaching Sociology. 30 (2): 266–267. doi:10.2307/3211393. JSTOR 3211393.
  7. ^ KINSER, AMBER E. (2005-01-01). "Review of Privilege, Power, and Difference. 2d edition". Feminist Teacher. 15 (3): 255–256. JSTOR 40546045.
  8. ^ Smith, Amy (2008). "Privilege, Power, and Difference. (review)". Women & Language. 31 (1): 67–68.
  9. ^ Collins, L.H. (2002-03-01). "Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, & Difference (review)". Psychology of Women Quarterly. 26 (1): 92–98. doi:10.1111/1471-6402.00047. ISSN 1471-6402. S2CID 151932048.
  10. ^ Blackwell Dictionary Of Sociology (review). Retrieved April 18, 2016 – via Booklist.
  11. ^ "Johnson, Allan G. The Blackwell dictionary of sociology: a user's guide to sociological language (review)". Choice Reviews. 38 (3): 38–1312. November 2000. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.38-1312.
  12. ^ Wentworth, William (January 1998). "The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language (review)". Contemporary Sociology. 27 (1): 112. doi:10.2307/2654763. JSTOR 2654763. ProQuest 233590971.
  13. ^ "Fiction Reviews, October 15, 2011". Library Journal Reviews. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  14. ^ Coulter, B Gerry (February 1999). "The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise (review)". The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. 36 (1): 139–141. ProQuest 234925189.
  15. ^ Kaufman, Peter (1998-01-01). "Review of The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise". Teaching Sociology. 26 (3): 229–230. doi:10.2307/1318837. JSTOR 1318837.
  16. ^ Chambliss, Daniel F. (1999-01-01). Johnson, Allan G.; Lemert, Charles; Schwalbe, Michael (eds.). "What Are We Trying to Teach?". Contemporary Sociology. 28 (1): 121–125. doi:10.2307/2653924. JSTOR 2653924.
  17. ^ "Johnson, Allan G. The forest and the trees: sociology as life, practice, and promise (review)". Choice Reviews Online. 35 (5): 35–3024. January 1998. doi:10.5860/CHOICE.35-3024.