Welcome to Dr. Dick Johnson's home page. In the History Department I teach most of the chronological American history courses that occur before 1890. Other courses I teach include HST 409 War and American Society and HST 413 Religion in America.

Teaching and learning are my first loves. The General Education courses I teach, especially HST 201 and HST 202, are especially important because they involve ways of thinking and understanding that are vital to every college graduate. In my upper division courses I often insert new learning experiences, such as the Chautauqua experience, in which students offer a first hand interpretation of a historical figure to other class members.

By clicking on the link, "Professional Interests," you can trace my own experience as a Chautauqua scholar interpreting such key historical figures as Abraham Lincoln, Alexis de Tocqueville, John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and John Dos Passos.

For my office hours, phone and email addresses, click on "current quarter schedule."