Amaud Jamaul Johnson (born 1972) is an American poet. [1] He is currently a Professor of English at Stanford University. [2] He has previously served as the Arthur M. and Fanny M. Dole Professor of English at Pomona College in Claremont, California. [1]
Johnson grew up in Compton, California. [3] [4]
Johnson has authored three poetry collections, Red Summer, Darktown Follies, and Imperial Liquor. [5]
Occidental College is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast of the United States.
Pomona College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium of adjacent, affiliated institutions.
Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was founded in 1963 and is part of the Claremont Colleges. The college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is known for its social justice culture and experimental pedagogical approach.
The Stegner Fellowship program is a two-year creative writing fellowship at Stanford University. The award is named after American Wallace Stegner (1909–1993), a historian, novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and Stanford faculty member who founded the university's creative writing program.
Gretchen Kimberly Berland is an American physician and filmmaker who is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.
Dru Curtis Gladney was an American anthropologist who was president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College and a professor of anthropology there. Gladney authored four books and more than 100 academic articles and book chapters on topics spanning the Asian continent.
John William Atherton was an American poet, professor, and the founding president of Pitzer College.
Prageeta Sharma is an American poet. She is the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College.
The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, known colloquially as the Benton, is an art museum at Pomona College in Claremont, California. It was completed in 2020, replacing the Montgomery Art Gallery, which had been home to the Pomona College Museum of Art (PCMA) since 1958. It houses a collection of approximately 19,000 items, including Italian Renaissance panel paintings, indigenous American art and artifacts, and American and European prints, drawings, and photographs. The museum is free to the public.
Kenneth L. Cooke was an American mathematical biologist known for his contributions to the study of epidemics. He was the W. M. Keck Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Peter G. Thielke is an American historian of modern philosophy who specializes in Immanuel Kant, German idealism, epistemology, and aesthetics. He is the Robert C. Denison Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Robert Nelson Smith was an American chemist who specialized in colloids. He taught at Pomona College in Claremont, California, from 1945 to 1982. He was chair of the college's chemistry department and was known for his practical jokes.
Gerald "Jerry" Martin AckermanOAL was an American art historian and educator. Ackerman was Professor of Art History Emeritus at Pomona College. He was a leading authority on the art of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Charles Bargue.
David Menefee-Libey is an American political scientist who has done research on the education policy of the United States. He is the William A. Johnson Professor of Government at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Cherene Sherrard Johnson is an American scholar, whose research focuses on the representation of Black women in American literature and visual culture from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. She is the E. Wilson Lyon Professor of the Humanities at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Eric C. Lindholm is an American music conductor. He is the Harry S. and Madge Rice Thatcher Professor of Music at Pomona College in Claremont, California, and conducts the Pomona College Orchestra.
Fernando Lozano is an American labor economist. He is the Morris B. and Gladys S. Pendleton Professor of Economics at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Erin M. Runions is an American religious studies scholar whose research focuses on the influence of the Bible on contemporary culture and politics. She is the Nancy J. Lyon Professor of Biblical History and Literature at Pomona College in Claremont, California, succeeding the late J. William Whedbee
David M. Tanenbaum is an American experimental physicist whose research involves surface science. He is the Osler-Loucks Professor in Science at Pomona College in Claremont, California.