Jennifer Lee Johnson

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Conservation Ecology
Environmental Policy and Planning
Doctoral Track: 
Resource Policy and Behavior (RPB)
Entering year: 
2008

Jennifer Lee Johnson is a Ph.D student in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. She employs interdisciplinary theory and methodology from anthropology, political ecology, gender studies, history and fisheries science to analyze the interconnections between ecological social change in the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa. Jennifer has also conducted case study research on marine ecosystem-based management in the Wadden Sea in Northern Europe, the West Coast of the United States, the North American Great Lakes and on the East Coast of Africa. Prior to beginning her graduate studies, Jennifer studied International Political Economy at the Colorado College and worked for the Marine Fish Conservation Network in Washington, DC. While obtaining her M.S., Jennifer worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab and the Blue Ocean Institute. Jennifer is the founder and co-host of It's Hot in Here on 88.3 WCBN-FM-Ann Arbor (www.snre.umich.edu/radio).

Email: 
jenniferjohnsonlee@gmail.com
Primary Office Address: 

School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041

Committee Chair/Advisor: 

Rebecca Hardin

Committee Members: 

Dr. James Diana

Dr. Dean Bavington

Dr. Derek Peterson

Educational Background: 

Colorado College, BA International Political Economy 2004

University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, M.S. Environmental Policy and Planning 2008

Areas of interest: 

Gender, fisheries, sustainability, resource governance, environmental justice, ecosystem-based management, E. Africa.

Research: 
Supported by NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1226724
Supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropology: http://www.wennergren.org/grantees/johnson-jennifer-lee