Eric Johns

Archivist & Curator for the Centennial Project, Stone Center for Latin American Studies

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Biography

Eric Johns joined the Stone Center in 2023 as Archivist & Curator for the Centennial Project, overseeing the discovery and preservation of historic documents pertaining to the Center’s history. As a part of the Center’s centennial celebration in 2024, he is engaged in curating and preparing critical archival materials for an innovative digital humanities project, providing researchers with access to materials and telling engaging stories about the Center’s history through data visualization projects. Prior to joining Tulane, Eric was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Riverside’s XCITE center. His research interests include musicology, critical historiography, nationalism, critical race studies, and embodied pedagogy. 

Additional Info

Key Responsibilities: Collaborating with the Executive Director and Centennial Project Team to develop and implement strategies for selecting, organizing, and digitizing critical archival documents. Establishing project scope, benchmarks, and workflows to ensure timely completion. 

Reviewing and classifying archival materials from the Stone Center, and University Archives. Preparing these materials for research use by arranging them, creating finding aids, and ensuring proper archival processes for scanning. 

Overseeing the scanning process of archival materials, ensuring accuracy and adherence to established project protocols. Supervising the creation of metadata by graduate students and maintaining quality control throughout the digitization process.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. University of California, Musicology, 2021
  • M.A. University of California, Musicology, 2016
  • B.M. Southeastern Louisiana University, Music Performance, 2009

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • XCITE Center Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, 2021-2023
  • Instructional Design Assistant, University of California, 2020-2021
  • Teaching Assistant, University of California, 2015-2020
  • Gluck Fellow, University of California, 2015 – 2020

Distinctions

  • Grand Slam Grand Prize, University of California, Riverside, 2020
  • Manolito Pinazo Memorial Award, Department of Music, University of California, Riverside, 2017
  • Five-time Recipient of the Gluck Fellowship of the Arts, Max H. Gluck Foundation, 2014-2019

Languages

  • Spanish
  • French
  • Portuguese

Overseas Experience

  • Argentina
  • Uruguay

Related Experience

  • Archivist, Romero Family Papers, University of California Riverside Special Collections, MS 305
  • Archivist, Joaquin Nin-Culmell and Jose Joaquin Nin y Castellanos Family Papers, University of California Riverside Special Collections, MS 076

Selected Publications

  • 2024. “Guitar Heroes: Roberto Grela and Anibal Atias. In the Cambridge Companion to Tango, edited by Kristen Wenland and Kacey Link. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • 2023. Johns, Eric, and Jon Dorbolo. “Collaboration for Teaching and Learning in the Round.” Educause Review, December 2023.
  • 2020. “Tangos intertextuales: significación y raza en historias de tango.” Música Oral del Sur, no. 17 (December 30, 2020): 251–267.