Publications & Presentations

Publications

Education for Information. Special Issue on Critical Race Theory, Guest Editor, 2022.

Book

Johnson-Jones, A. (2019). The African American Struggle for Library Equality: The Untold

Story of Rosenwald Library Program. Washington, DC: Rowman & Littlefield.

Dissertation

Johnson, A. (2015). Developing Southern Libraries to Influence the Life of the African-

American User: An Exploratory, Archival Analysis [Doctoral Dissertation].

Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University.

Book Chapters

Johnson, A., Day-Grady, S., Harden, K., and Leocardio, C. (accepted). “Producing Practical

Professionals: Exploring Critical Race Theory as a framework for change in LIS practice,

profession, and curriculum” in Using CRT to Dismantle White Supremacy in Libraries. Editors:

Cooke, N. and Colón-Aguirre, M.

Johnson, A., Cooke, N., Wineberry, J., Velez, L., and Campbell, T. (accepted). "The Library’s

Tendency to Counter Social Justice: Examining the lack of support in libraries for BIPOC and

Marginalized Communities" in Servicing the Underserved: A New Paradigm for Information

Services. American Library Association.

Johnson, A. (2022). “Disadvantage by (Financial) Design: The Disappearing act of HBCU

Library Science Programs,” in The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and

Reawakening. Washington, DC: Rowman & Littlefield.

Johnson, A. (2021). “Welcoming a New Herd of Nerds: Teaching the Foundations of LIS.” in

Teaching Library and Information Literacy with a Sense of Humor. Curious Academic Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Johnson, A., Dill, E., and Alston, J. (2023). More than a Checkbox: A Rubric to Assess

Academic Librarian Job Applicant Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statements.

Contributed Paper for Association for College & Research Libraries Annual Conference 2023.

Johnson, A. (2022). CRT Before the Formalized Theory: Calling a Thing a Thing. The Bell Ringer.

Johnson, A. (2022). Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones: The Blueprint for Relentless Advocacy for Black Librarianship. Libraries: Culture, History, and Society.  March 2022; 6 (1): 63–80.

Johnson, A. (2015). “National Association for the Advancement of Colored People” in

African American Leadership: A Concise Reference Guide, Mark Golson (Ed.).

Mission Bell Media.

Johnson, A. (2014). “Ruby Berkley Goodwin” in Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era,

Lean’tin L. Bracks and Jessie Carney Smith (Eds.). Scarecrow Press.

Johnson, A. (2014). “Mary White Ovington” in Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era,

Lean’tin L. Bracks and Jessie Carney Smith (Eds.). Scarecrow Press.

Johnson, A. (2014). “Lillian Tucker Lewis” in Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era,

Lean’tin L. Bracks and Jessie Carney Smith (Eds.). Scarecrow Press.

Johnson, A. (2011). “Service to African Americans” in The American Public Library Handbook,

Guy A. Marco (Ed.). Goleta, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

Presentations

Humanizing STEMM for the Twenty-First Century, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute

of Technology. March 2023.

More than a Checkbox: A Rubric to Assess Academic Librarian Job Applicant Diversity, Equity,

and Inclusion (DEI) Statements. Presentation at the Association for College and Research

Libraries Annual Conference. March 2023.

iBlack Caucus Breaking Barriers Project. Presentation at the Association for College and

Research Libraries Annual Conference. March 2023.

Leadership In Management. Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) BIPOC

Professional Development/Networking Forum. December 2022.

They Didn’t Know What to Do with Me. A Night of Storytelling presented by the Institute

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in partnership with Student Diversity Programs, Georgia Institute

of Technology. November 2022.

EDI in Information Science. Presentation at the ALISE/ASSIST Information Summit. October

2022.

The Half Has Never Been Told: Showing & Telling Historical Objects for Teaching LIS History

and Archives. Historical Perspectives SIG, Association for Library and Information Science

Educators Annual Conference. October 2022.

Leadership Talk. Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellowship. May 2022.

Revisiting and Archiving Civil Rights and Atlanta in the 1960s. Georgia Institute of Technology

Library. April 2022.

Producing Practical Professionals with Curriculum for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Archival/Preservation Education Special Interest Group. Presentation at the Association for

Library and Information Science Education Conference. September 2021.

Mapping the Past, Blackprinting the Future: Applying Critical Race Theory to the Experiences of

Librarians of Color and Diverse Communities. Presentation at the Black Caucus of the American

Library Association. July 2021.

Donors and Archives. Presentation at the Society of American Archivist Annual Conference,

Austin, TX. August 2019.

Challenges and Opportunities in Collecting the History of a University. Presentation at the

Digitization Conference – PLAN, Panama City, FL. August 2016.

The Need to Preserve: Challenges and Opportunities in Collecting the History of a Young

University. Presentation at the Florida Library Association Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.

March 2016.

The Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program & HBCU Libraries. Presentation at the

Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference (ALISE), Boston, MA. January

2016.

Rosenwald Revelations: New Angles on the Rosenwald Program. Presentation at the National

Rosenwald School Conference, Durham, NC. June 2015.

Libraries, Librarianship, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Presentation at the HBCUstory Annual

Symposium, Washington, D.C. October 2014.

The Need to Care for HBCU Archives and Special Collections. Presentation at the HBCUstory Annual

Symposium, Nashville, TN. April 2013.

Living Up to NAACP Standards. Speech presented at the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People 104th Ceremony hosted by the Florida State University Chapter, Tallahassee, FL.

February 2013.

Got Research? Archival Procedures and Collections. Research Forum presented at the Florida A & M

University Black Archives, Tallahassee, FL. October 2012.

HBCU Archives and African American Archivists: Are We Equipped? Presentation at the Association

for the Study of African American Life and History Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. September

2012.

Rules of Engagement: The Politics and Pleasures of Living Archives. Presentation at the Society of

American Archivist Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. Johnson, A. August 2012.

Rosenwald: Research and Records. Presentation at the National Rosenwald School Conference,

Tuskegee, AL. June 2012.

The S. L. Smith Collection at Fisk University. Poster presented at the National Rosenwald School

Conference, Tuskegee, AL. June 2012.