Library of Virginia Presents: Stories of the Revolution as Experienced in our Community

Eric Johnson serves as coordinator of “Ideas in Action: Virginians Petition Their Government, 1776–1786,” a collaborative project with the VA250 Commission to engage Virginians with Revolutionary-era documents through indexing, transcription and text correction.

Johnson brings significant experience working in libraries and museums. He most recently served as associate professor and head of the Creative Technologies and Scholarship Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he managed the creation, launch and ongoing operation of The Workshop, VCU Libraries’ state-of-the-art multimedia studio and makerspace. Johnson previously led outreach and public services at the University of Virginia Library’s Scholar’s Lab and held librarian and social media positions at Monticello. He earned a B.A. in history from William & Mary, an M.A. in U.S. history from George Mason University, an M.S. in information studies from Florida State University, a graduate certificate in geographic information systems from VCU, and an M.S. in cartography and geographic information systems from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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