Chris Johnson interview

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CCA/C Archives

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  • Chris Johnson
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  • Chris Johnson and Helen Frierson
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Creator(s)
Johnson, Chris, 1948- (Interviewee) Faculty - years of employment 1977- current - Professor of Photography - Chair of the Photography Department - President of the Faculty Senate
Frierson, Helen (Interviewer) Staff - years of employment 1985-2012 - Director, President's office at California College of the Arts
Date(s)
Date created: 2014-05-29
Work type & Measurements
Oral history
Description
Chris Johnson talks about his work at CCAC, which began in 1977. He discusses the disarray of CCAC in the late 70s and the many changes spearheaded by President Neil Hoffman and members of the Board of Trustees. He talks about becoming Chair of the Photo Department in 1981 and his work to get the faculty to support change at CCAC the early 80s. He discusses creating the Faculty Senate and his many projects as its first President: revising faculty governance, writing the Faculty Handbook and implementing much needed procedures for assessing and evaluating the faculty. Chris touches on the state of CCAC in 2014, the balance between the Fine Arts and the Professional Arts and the challenges and opportunities that consolidating CCAC, at one, location might bring.
Subject(s)
Time period: 1970-1979
Time period: 1980-1989
Geographic: Macky Hall
Name: Johnson, Chris, 1948-
Name: Ford, Harry X. (Harry Xavier), 1921-2008
Name: Bruce, Tecoah P.
Name: Oliver, Steven H.
Name: Hoffman, Neil
Name: Stein, John
CCA/C subject: College activities
Archives Series & Subseries
Series: III. College Life
Subseries: 5. Oral Histories
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