History
Dr. Amy J. Johnson
Associate Professor
of History
B.A.,
M.A., Emory University;
Ph.D., Harvard University
Appointed 1998
The department of history regrets to report that Dr. Amy Johnson, associate professor of history, died Dec. 2 of injuries sustained in a Nov. 24 automobile accident.
Dr. Johnson joined the Berry faculty in 1998 after earning her MA in political science from Emory University and PhD in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University.
While at Berry, Dr. Johnson taught courses on the Middle East since antiquity, gender in the Middle East, modern Africa, the history of imperialism, and developing nations. She served as the faculty adviser for the Berry College Model Arab League, which was recognized as one of the outstanding Model Arab League chapters among colleges and universities in the southeast and the nation. She also was the faculty adviser of the Berry College Chapter of Amnesty International, the founder of and faculty contact for Berry's Study Abroad in Egypt program, and the coordinator of the Middle Eastern Studies major, a part of the College's Interdisciplinary Studies Program.
Her primary area of interest was 20th century Egyptian history, with a focus on rural development issues. She published numerous articles on Middle Eastern and African history, dealing with issues such as popular conceptions of rural development policy in Egypt, the history of anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) campaigns in Egypt, diplomatic history, women's rights in Libya, the history of rural education, and the 19th century travel writing in Morocco.
Dr. Johnson's book, entitled Reconstructing Rural Egypt: Dr. Ahmed Hussein and the History of Egyptian Development, was published in hardback by Syracuse University Press and in paperback by the American University in Cairo Press in 2004.
Before her death, Dr. Johnson was in the process of co-editing and contributing a chapter to a book entitled Re-Envisioning Eygpt, 1919-1952 with Dr. Arthur Goldschmidt of Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Barak A. Salmoni of the US Naval Postgraduate School.
A scholarship has been established in memory of Dr. Johnson. Donations may be sent to Pam Smith, Manager of Gifts and Records, Berry College, P.O. Box 69, Mount Berry, GA 30149. Please note on your check that the gift is for the Dr. Amy Johnson scholarship.
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