About Me

I’m Joana Johnson.

I am an Historian of Ideas– my current obsession is a fifteenth-century document, The Malleus Malleficarum.  I’m not sure how connected to Creativity an Inquisitorial treatise to identify witches could be.  But it’s a fascinating read and I hope to study its roots and effects down to today’s religious bans on contraception for women. 

The topic of Creativity throughout History, across disciplines and throughout the Western world fascinates me. Regardless of whether it is my main focus of study at a given time or not, what I have learned about Creativity affects the way I raise my children, how I plan my days and whom I befriend. 

I graduated from Claremont Graduate University with a primary emphasis on Early Modern European History and secondary emphases on U.S. Social History and Trans-Atlantic Colonial History.  I studied basic science at La Universidad de Cuenca in Ecuador, South America. I teach Latin American History and U.S. Social History at La Sierra University in Riverside, California.  I am also an active member in the American Historical Society and the International Society for Theoretical Psychology.

I love to think and write and hang out with either opinionated or super-funny clever people.

E-mail contact:

joana.g.johnson@gmail.com

8 Responses

  1. Vivian Pienknagura Friedland, on February 2, 2011 at 9:14 am said:

    Hi Dearest Joanna,
    I Love your Blog, and am so excited to find you this way. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ with my husband Steven and four boys. I would love to talk to you, please let me know if you would like this somewhat opinionated friend to call..sometimes funny too. Vivian

    Reply
  2. joana galarza johnson, on February 2, 2011 at 11:17 am said:

    Wow! Vivian! Amazing. Yes…I’ll get you my proper contact info.!
    I’m updating my e-mail address (posted here) right now.
    So happy to hear from you!

    Reply
  3. CECILIA MOSCOSO, on March 7, 2011 at 9:16 am said:

    mi querida juanita, que alegría leer tu estudio ,me parece muy interesante, cariños para toda tu familia , cecilia

    Reply
  4. joana galarza johnson, on March 7, 2011 at 9:33 am said:

    Gracias!

    Reply
  5. Rob J, on May 23, 2011 at 5:34 pm said:

    Pretty Good!

    Reply
    • joana galarza johnson, on May 23, 2011 at 5:39 pm said:

      Thank you :)

      Reply
  6. aloudblog, on July 17, 2011 at 1:58 pm said:

    Hi Joana,

    Thank you for leaving a message on Aloud. which gives me an opportunity to discover your blog. I love the way you are exploring the concept and reality of creativity. It is very inspiring and I have added your blog to my googlereader so I can stay in touch with your writing.

    Thanks again and I hope to see you here and there in the blogosphere,

    Cheers, Laure.

    ps: I would love to know how you came across Aloud.

    Reply
  7. joana galarza johnson, on July 17, 2011 at 4:17 pm said:

    Thanks Laure! So glad you stopped by.
    I found you via a Facebook post shared by NIna Munk– an interview with Lara Santoro.

    Reply

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