Meet Our Faculty: Dr. John Mohr

Meet Dr. John MohrProfessional headshot of History Professor Dr. John Mohr, a smiling man with glasses and a beard and wearing a suit

Assistant Professor of History, School of Liberal Arts

Faculty member since 2024
jemohr@csmd.edu
Pronouns: he/him


Courses Taught

  • HST-1013 Global History to 1500 and HST-1015 Global History 1500 to Present

  • HST-1061 African-American History I and HST-1062 African-American History II

  • HST-1034 History of Women in America

  • HST-1017 History of Race and Racism

  • HST-1031 The U.S. To 1877 and HST-1032 The U.S. Since 1877 

About 

I've been teaching at the college level for a decade and have developed courses on American history, the history of technology, world history, women's history, African-American history, and the history of the U.S. South. My primary research interests are in the history of the auto industry from the 1970s to the present day; gender and the automobile; and the intersection of class, globalization, and neoliberalism. I've published on the history of the auto industry in the American South and on the gendering of automotive marketing. John lives in Capitol Heights, Maryland with his husband Joe.

Educational Background 

  • Bachelor of Liberal Arts in History and German Language and Culture, Wittenberg University
  • Doctorate of Philosophy in History of Technology, Auburn University 

Q&A

I believe strongly in the principles of active learning and an interactive, discussion-oriented teaching style. Contrary to popular belief, history isn't just memorizing abstract facts and minutiae. In my classes, students learn not just the fundamentals of historical periods, but how to think, read, and write like historians.  

My husband and I are passionate music collectors. We have several thousand records and are always looking for more obscure music to add to our collection. I have a passion for disco records, soul, funk, R&B, and underappreciated jazz records of the '70s and '80s.

I'm proud of the work I've done with the Society of Automobile Historians over the years. I'm passionate about the history of the automobile and I want to make sure it is preserved for the next generation.

I really want to see all of my students succeed, and inspiring young people to achieve is one of the most important things that a professor can do. If you come to one of my classes, expect to be challenged; but I will give you all of the tools to succeed. My students have always told me that they got more out of my classes than they expected from a typical history class.

  • “The Freeway Journey: Landscape and Mobility in the Southern Auto Industry,” Transfers: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies 11, no. 1 (2021)
  • “The Soft Sell: Gender, Advertising, and the Chevrolet Corvair,” Automotive History Review, Spring 2020.
  • “Spinning Their Wheels: Confronting Scholarly Perceptions of Southern Auto Workers,” NeoAmericanist Fall/Winter 2013-14 (Ontario: Center for American Studies at the University of Western Ontario) 

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Last updated: 5-8-25

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