Salutations!

My name is Ricardo Enricque Johnson, and I’m a PhD student in the Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) program at Michigan State University.

I’m also an academic librarian with a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science degree from the University of Arizona.

Concurrently, I earned a Graduate Certificate of Advanced Study in Archival Studies from the UA School of Information.

Earlier, I graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Film from the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University.

Career Interests

• Higher Education Administration
• Academic Librarianship & Pedagogy
• Archives & Special Collections
• Student Affairs, Success, & Completion

Experience

• University Librarian, 3 year residency @ West Virginia University (current)
• Graduate Research Assistant, 1 year @ Center for Creative Photography Archives, University of Arizona
• Access Services Supervisor, 3+ years @ University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries
• AV Library Manager, 4+ years @ PBS/NPR

Goals

Short Term – (a) subject librarian working with a performing arts department or film school; or (b) college administrator in student affairs; justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion (JEDI); Title IX; etc

Long Term – executive leadership/deanship @ land-grant or regional university

Personal

Interests – the UFC & mixed martial arts; classic StarCraft; anything written by Tom Perrotta; shōnen manga & anime; and, unironically, movies directed by the legendary Michael Bay.