Salutations!
My name is Ricardo Enricque Johnson, I’m an academic/research librarian currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) degree at the University of Arizona (UA). My research uses librarianship and student persistence theories to examine how literacy-based ideas in higher education leadership shape the dynamics of undergraduate outcomes.
I earned my Master of Arts in Library and Information Science degree from the College of Information Science at the UA, where I also obtained a Graduate Certificate of Advanced Study in Archival Studies.
In 2012, 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 Leadership & Administration
- Research Librarianship & Pedagogy
- Student Affairs, Success, & Completion
- Archives & Special Collections
Experience
- Department Head, Adult Education & Services, 3+ years @ Pikes Peak Library District (current)
- Manager, Undergraduate Research Services, 4+ years @ West Virginia University Libraries
- Graduate Research Assistant, 1 year @ Center for Creative Photography Archives, University of Arizona
- Branch Manager, 3+ years @ University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries
- Supervisor, AV Library 4+ years @ PBS/NPR
Professional Goals
Short Term: (a) a research librarian working at a public university; or (b) a college administrator in student affairs; justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion (JEDI);Title IX; student success; etc.
Long Term: executive leadership/deanship @ a land-grant or mid-major/regional public university, or community college.
Personal Interests
- Starcraft (Classic > SC II)
- Anything written by Tom Perrotta
- Shōnen manga & anime
- The UFC & mixed martial arts
- Michael Bay movies, unironically
