Dr. Cassandra Johnson

Ph.D., 2001 Sociology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
M.A., 1995 Sociology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
BBA, 1987 Marketing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Research interests

My research interests include cultural variation in environmental
perception, African American environmental history, and cultural impacts of
urban sprawl in the South.

Publications

Johnson, Cassandra Y., John Bergstrom, J.M. Bowker, and H. Ken Cordell (forthcoming). Wilderness Values in America: Does Immigrant Status or Ethnicity Matter? Society and Natural Resources, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y, J.M. Bowker, and H. Ken Cordell (2003-2004, forthcoming). Ethnic Variation in Environmental Belief and Behavior: An Examination of the New Ecological Paradigm in Social Psychological Context, Environment and Behavior, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y., and J.M. Bowker (2003, forthcoming). African American Land Memories, Environmental Ethics, refereed.

Floyd, Myron F. and Cassandra Y. Johnson. (2002). Coming to Terms with Environmental Justice in Outdoor Recreation: A Conceptual Discussion with Research Implications, Leisure Sciences, 24(1):59-77, 2002, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y., J.M. Bowker, and H. Ken Cordell. (2001). Outdoor Recreation Constraints: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Rural Dwelling, Journal of Southern Rural Sociology, 17:111-133, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y. and J. M. Bowker. (1999). Wildland Activity Participation: An Examination of Racial Differences in the Florida Panhandle, Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 17(1):21-39, refereed.

Bowker, J.M., H.K. Cordell, and C.Y. Johnson. (1999). User Fees for Recreation Services on Public Lands: A National Assessment. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 17:1-14, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y. (1999). Participation Differences Among Social Groups- 1999. Pp. 248-268 in Outdoor Recreation in American Life: A National Assessment of Demand and Supply Trends, principal investigator H.K. Cordell. Sagamore Publishing.

Johnson, Cassandra Y. (1998). A Consideration of Collective Memory in African American Attachment to Wildland Recreation Places, Human Ecology Review, 5(1):5-15, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y., J.M. Bowker, Donald B.K. English, and Dreamal Worthen (1998). Wildland Recreation in the Rural South: An Examination of Marginality and Ethnicity Theory, Journal of Leisure Research, 30(1):101-120, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y. and J. M. Bowker. (1997). Wilderness Awareness and Potential Participation: A Logit Analysis- In: Natural Resources and the Environment: Community Development Issues. Proceeding of the 54th Annual Professional Agricultural Worker's Conference, December 5-7, 1996. Editors, Ntam Baharanyi, Robert Zabawa, and Walter Hill, pp. 273-280.

Johnson, Cassandra Y., Patrick M. Horan, and William Pepper. (1997). Race, Rural Residence, and Wildland Visitation: Examining the Influence of Sociocultural Meaning. Rural Sociology, 62(1):89-110, refereed.

Johnson, Cassandra Y., J. Michael Bowker, and Donald B.K. English. (1997). Theoretical Perspectives of Ethnicity and Outdoor Recreation: A Review and Synthesis of African American and European American Participation- USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station.

Professional Presentations

Johnson, Cassandra Y. ASchwarz und Deutsch: Afro-German Identity and Symbolic Ethnicity,@ Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August, 17, 2003.

Johnson, Cassandra and Myron F. Floyd. AA Tale of Two Cities: Black and White Rural Residents Respond to Urban Sprawl,@ Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Association. Montreal, Canada, July 27, 2003.

Johnson, Cassandra. AAfrican Americans and Wildlands,@ Invited Speaker College of Charleston, Master=s of Environmental Studies Program, Charleston, SC, March 19, 2003.

Johnson, Cassandra, John Bergstrom, J.M. Bowker, and H. Ken Cordell. AImmigrants, Ethnic Minorities and Wilderness Values,@ Invited Speaker, Resource, Policy Values and Economics Shortcourse, Athens, GA, May 15, 2003.

Johnson, Cassandra and Carter J. Betz. ALatino Outdoor Recreation in the South: An Examination of Assimilation and Acculturation,@ Southeastern Recreation Research Conference, Athens, GA, February 21, 2002.

Johnson, Cassandra. AEthnic Variation in Wildland Recreation,@ Invited Speaker, Resource, Policy Values and Economics Shortcourse, Athens, GA, May 2002.

Johnson, Cassandra, H.K. Cordell, J.M. Bowker, Carter J. Betz, and Gary Green. AWilderness Constraints by Race and Ethnicity,@ USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Southern Forest Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 2001.

Johnson, Cassandra. AAfrican American Collective Memory of Wildlands,@ Society for Human Ecology, Jackson Hole, WY, October, 2000.

Johnson, Cassandra. ACultural and Ethnic Diversity in Wilderness Visitation: A Panel Discussion@ Invited Participant, Wilderness Society, Denver, CO, September 9, 2000.

Johnson, Cassandra, H.K. Cordell, J.M. Bowker, and Carter J. Betz. AWilderness Awareness and Participation: A Comparison Across Race and Ethnicity,@ Invited Speaker, Wilderness Values Workshop, Washington, DC, July 2000.

Johnson, Cassandra, J.M. Bowker, and H.K. Cordell. AConstraints to Outdoor Recreation Participation,@ Northeastern Recreation Research Conference,@ Bolton Landing, NY, April 2000.

Johnson, Cassandra, J.M. Bowker, and D.B.K. English. AWildland Recreation in the Rural South: A Comparison of Anglo and African American Visitation,@ Invited Speaker, Recreation Fee Demonstration National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 17-20, 1998.

Johnson, Cassandra, J.M. Bowker, and Donald B.K. English. AWildland Recreation in the Rural South: Ethnicity, Marginality, and Social Psychological Theory,@ Southeastern Recreation Research Conference, Charleston, SC, February 1997.

Johnson, Cassandra, J.M. Bowker, D.B.K. English, and Dreamal H. Worthen. AWoodland Visitation in the Rural South: A Comparison of Blacks and Whites in North Florida,@ Professional Agricultural Workers= Conference, Tuskeegee, AL, December 1996.

Johnson, Cassandra, J.M. Bowker, D.B.K. English, and Dreamal Worthern. "Woodland Recreation in the Rural South: An Examination of Race and Gender," Southern Rural Sociological Association, Greensboro, NC, February 1996.

Johnson, Cassandra, D.B.K. English, and Dreamal Worthen. "Sociocultural Meanings of Wildlands: A Comparison of Rural African Americans and Anglo Americans," Rural Sociological Society Conference, Washington, DC, August 1995.

Johnson, Cassandra, Donald English, and Linda Caldwell. "The Influence of Ethnicity and Rural Dwelling on Wildland Visitation," Southeastern Recreation Research Conference, Chattanooga, TN, February 1995.

Johnson, Cassandra, J.M. Bowker, and Donald English. "An Examination of Ethnicity and Marginality Theory in Outdoor Recreation," Southeastern Recreation Research Conference, Helen, GA, February 1994.

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