Emilie Johnson

Education

PhD in Art and Architectural History, University of Virginia
Masters in Art History, Williams College

Biography

Emilie Johnson is an associate curator at Monticello, where her scholarship focuses on late 18th and early 19th century American cultural landscapes, architecture, and material culture, with particular interest in the lived experiences of women and enslaved people in plantation contexts. She has held leadership roles in developing recent exhibitions in Monticello’s wings and along Mulberry Row, including the space inhabited by Sally Hemings and her children. She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Curatorial department.

Emilie is a Lecturer in the department of Architectural History at the School of Architecture.