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Merri Lisa Johnson has been named director of the Center for Women's Studies and Programs (CWSP) and an assistant professor of English at USC Upstate.
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The CWSP serves students, faculty, staff, and community members through curricular and co-curricular programming, resource and referral services, advocacy efforts, and training activities on women- and gender-related issues. As part of the USC Upstate commitment to recognizing and supporting diversity efforts on campus, the center promotes a safe and healthy university environment by creating and enhancing leadership opportunities, personal growth, and professional development for women in the USC Upstate campus community.
Johnson is already working to take the CWSP at Upstate in a new direction, expanding the program to include gender studies. Courses and cultural events will incorporate masculinity studies and feminist media studies to enhance the center's traditional focus on women's contributions across the disciplines and women's concerns in the community and the world.
Before coming to USC Upstate, Johnson was at Coastal Carolina University, where she developed a successful writers series and organized many events for the Women's and Gender Studies Program, including the campus's first speak-out on National Coming Out Day last October.
A native of Bowdon, Ga., Johnson received a BA in English from West Georgia College (now the University of West Georgia), an MA in English with a concentration in Women's Literature from Ohio University, and a Ph.D. in English from SUNY Binghamton. This fall will see the publication of her third book, Jane Puts It in a Box: Third Wave Feminist Television Studies.
For more information, contact Johnson at 52-5724 or mjohnson@uscupstate.edu.
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