Patricia L. Johnson's Information
POSITION TITLE: Associate Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Demography and women's roles.
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1977-1978 Research on social organization, demography, and gender ideology, Gainj Census Division, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
1982-1983 Research on economic development, social change, and fertility, Gainj Census Division, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
1982-1985 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
1985-1986 Visiting Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary and Women's Studies, College of Wooster, OH
1988-1992 Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, Department of Anthropology; Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
1991 Research on fetal loss and child nutrition, Gainj Census Division, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
1994 Research on fertility and economic development, Bangladesh
1993-present Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies; Senior Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute on Aging/Center for Demography, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1993-present Editorial Board, Human Ecology
1995 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship, Institute of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
2003 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Johnson, P.L.
(1977).
"A Note on Egalitarian Societies."
Michigan Discussions in Anthropology 3:107-109.
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Johnson, P.L.
(1981).
"When Dying is Better Than Living: Female Suicide Among the Gainj of Papua New Guinea."
Ethnology 20(7):325-334.
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Wood, J.W.
,
P.L. Johnson
,
R.L. Kirk
,
K. McLoughlin
,
N.M. Blake
and
F.A. Matheson
(1982).
"The Genetic Demography of the Gainj of Papua New Guinea: Local Differentiation of Blood Group, Red Cell Enzyme, and Serum Protein Allele Frequencies."
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 57(1):15-25.
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Wood, J.W.
,
P.L. Johnson
and
K.L. Campbell
(1985).
"Demographic and Endocrinological Aspects of Low Natural Fertility in Highland New Guinea."
Journal of Biosocial Science 17(1):57-79.
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Wood, J.W.
,
D. Lai
,
P.L. Johnson
,
K.L. Campbell
and
I.A. Maslar
(1985).
"Lactation and Birth Spacing in Highland New Guinea."
Journal of Biosocial Science Supplement 9:159-173.
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Long, J.C.
,
J.M. Naidu
,
H.W. Mohrenweiser
,
H. Gershowitz
,
P.L. Johnson
,
J.W. Wood
and
P.E. Smouse
(1986).
"Genetic Characterization of Gainj and Kalam Speaking People of Papua New Guinea."
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 70(1):75-96.
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Johnson, P.L.
(1987).
"The Effects of 'Cultural Filters' in Collecting Demographic Data." In
McDevitt, T.M.
(Ed.)
, The Survey Under Difficult Conditions: Demographic Data Collection in Papua New Guinea.
New Haven, CT:
Human Relations Area File Press.
Johnson, P.L.
,
J.W. Wood
,
K.L. Campbell
and
I.A. Maslar
(1987).
"Long Ovarian Cycles in Women of Highland New Guinea."
Human Biology 59(5):837-845.
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Johnson, P.L.
(1988).
"Women and Development: A Highland New Guinea Example."
Human Ecology 16:105-122.
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Fratkin, E.
and
P.L. Johnson
(1990).
"Empirical Approaches to Household Organization."
Human Ecology 18(4):357-362.
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Johnson, P.L.
,
J.W. Wood
and
M. Weinstein
(1990).
"Female Fecundity in Highland Papua New Guinea."
Social Biology 37(1-2):26-43.
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Johnson, P.L.
and
J.W. Wood
(1991).
"The Gainj." In
Encyclopedia of World Cultures.
New Haven, CT:
Human Relations Area File Press.
(pp. 71-74)
Johnson, P.L.
(Ed.)
(1992).
Balancing Acts: Women and the Process of Social Change.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press.
Johnson, P.L.
(1992).
"Working It Out: Economic Development and Gainj Women's Changing Roles." In
Johnson, P.L.
(Ed.)
, Balancing Acts: Women and the Process of Social Change.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press.
(pp. 42-64)
Johnson, P.L.
(1993).
"Education and the `New' Inequality in Papua New Guinea."
Anthropology and Education Quarterly 24(3):183-204.
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Johnson, P.L.
(1996).
"Changing Household Composition, Labor Patterns, and Fertility in a Highland New Guinea Population." In
Bates, D.G.
and
S.H. Lees
(Eds.)
, Case Studies in Human Ecology.
New York, NY:
Plenum Press.
Johnson, P.L.
(2001).
"Male Migrants' Return, Women's Fertility and HIV Status in Bangladesh."
Journal of Bangladesh Studies 3(1):38-49.
Johnson, P.L.
(2002).
"The Women Left Behind: Potential Effects of Male Migrants' Return on Women's Fertility and Health in Bangladesh." In
Cohen, J.H.
and
N. Dannhaeuser
(Eds.)
, Economic Development: An Anthropological Approach.
Walnut Creek, CA:
AltaMira Press.
Johnson, P.L.
(2003).
"Male Migrants as a High-Risk Group: Harm Reduction and HIV/AIDs in Bangladesh."
Asian Affairs 25(3):5-29.
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