{"id":69488,"date":"2003-09-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-graduate-performing-at-his-peak-carter-johnson-wins-research-grant-at-university-of-cambridge\/"},"modified":"2003-09-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-03T00:00:00","slug":"uri-graduate-performing-at-his-peak-carter-johnson-wins-research-grant-at-university-of-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/09\/uri-graduate-performing-at-his-peak-carter-johnson-wins-research-grant-at-university-of-cambridge\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 graduate performing at his peak Carter Johnson wins research grant at University of Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tMedia Contact: Jan Wenzel, 874-2116
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\nKINGSTON, R.I. — September 3, 2003 — 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus (William) Carter Johnson of West Kingston knows a great deal about performance. In fact, he teaches at high performance driving schools around the country, showing members of high-end car clubs how to safely negotiate laps at 80 to 100 miles per hour. <\/p>\n

\tJohnson\u2019s own road to academic success includes a near stall out and a few potholes. Yet it has led to graduate school this fall at the prestigious University of Cambridge in England. Currently the floor manager at the University Club on the Kingston campus, Johnson has just been awarded a Prize Research Grant from the Centre for Economics and History at Cambridge where he will spend nine months pursuing a master\u2019s degree in history. <\/p>\n

Cambridge is a long way from Foster, R.I. where Johnson spent his early years. Recognized as a gifted student, Johnson performed well at school. However, after moving to South County and enrolling in South Kingstown High School, his academics took a nosedive. <\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t transition well,” says the 25-year-old. “I shut down. I didn\u2019t fit into the mode of mass produced education. School isn\u2019t tailored to the individual, to a student having difficulties.” <\/p>\n

\tAfter graduating from high school, Johnson got his own apartment and worked at low-end jobs for three years. He began to believe in himself and decided to conform to the educational system to earn a college degree. <\/p>\n

\tBut before he was accepted at 溏心vlog免费B站, he had to establish a track record. Carter attended the Community College of Rhode Island for one year and earned straight A\u2019s. “I embraced it,” he says. <\/p>\n

\tAt 溏心vlog免费B站, Johnson majored in history, a subject that had always interested him. “The best advice my father gave me was to do what I would enjoy the rest of my life,” he says. While at 溏心vlog免费B站 he became a mentor in the Mentor-Tutor Internship program, a peer mentoring initiative created by Al Killilea, professor of political science, designed to help students in local schools from feeling isolated and dropping out. Johnson mentored elementary students as well as students at his high school alma mater –students, like himself, who needed someone to listen to them, someone to help keep them on track. “The experience helped me realize it wasn\u2019t just me. There is a problem in public education,” he says, suggesting that such mentor programs can help fill a gap.
\n\tWhen he graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2002, he won the President\u2019s Student Excellence Award in History, designed to honor superior academic achievement. “I went from last in my class at South Kingstown High School to first in my class at 溏心vlog免费B站,” Johnson says with some amazement and lots of pride. <\/p>\n

\tAt Cambridge, Johnson will focus his research on the development of grand prix technology between World Wars I and II, a time when Germany became dominant in auto racing and in cutting edge technology. Heavily funded by the German government, cars manufactured by Auto-Union (now known as Audi) and Mercedes Benz became unbeatable. Johnson wants to shine light on the often overlooked shadow of Nazism and slave labor in work camps that put the Germans in the lead. <\/p>\n

\tJohnson hopes to stay on at Cambridge to pursue a doctorate and eventually teach at a college level. “I want to be a professor,” he says. “I know I can motivate students and excite them about learning. I have the love of scholarship and an enormous curiosity. I would love the freedom to continue my studies.” <\/p>\n

\tJohnson comes from a family of educators. His father, William C. Johnson II, teaches anatomy and chemistry at both 溏心vlog免费B站 and CCRI. His grandfather, Robert Lepper, taught botany and was dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences. His grandmother, Rita Lepper, taught art at CCRI, and his mother, Frances L. Johnson, teaches science at Burrillville Middle School. <\/p>\n

\tAs much as he would like the academic life, Johnson says his ideal job would be an automotive historian for a car company that has a historic motor sports program, companies such as Porsche or Audi. Chances, he says, would be slim for someone who isn\u2019t German born. But he\u2019d like to try getting such a career. After all, his engines are revving and the checkered flag is waving.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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