Cathryn Johnson
Senior Associate Dean of Laney Graduate School & Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-7520
FAX: 404-727-7532
E-MAIL: cjohns@emory.edu
OFFICE: 226 Tarbutton Hall
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Degree: Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1990
General Research Area: social psychology, status and power, work and formal organizations, emotions.
Current Research: legitimacy processes, emotions, and responses to injustice; environmental identity and environmental citizenship; book manuscript, Social Psychology (Sage/Pine Forge Publications), with Dr. Karen Hegtvedt.
Selected Publications:
"Passing as Black: Racial Identity Work Among Birracial Americans." (with Nikki Khanna) 2010. Social Psychology Quarterly 73:380-397.
"Power and Justice: Toward and Understanding of Legitimacy." (with Karen Hegtvedt). 2009. American Behavioral Scientist 53: 376-399.
"Legitimacy as a Social Process." (with Timothy Dowd and Cecilia Ridgeway). 2006. Annual Review of Sociology 32:53-78.
"I’m Not an Immigrant!: Resistance, Redefinition, and the Role of Resources in Identity Work." (with Caitlin Killian). 2006. Social Psychology Quarterly 69:60-80.
"Legitimacy Processes in Organizations." (Editor). 2004. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 22. Oxford: Elsevier Science.
"Emotional Reactions to Conflict: Do Dependency and Legitimacy Matter." (with Rebecca Ford and Joanne Kaufman). 2000. Social Forces 79:107-137.
"Justice Beyond the Individual: A Future with Legitimation." (with Karen Hegtvedt). 2000. Social Psychology Quarterly 63:298-311.
"The Perception of Power: Dependency and Legitimacy in Conflict." (with Rebecca Ford). 1998. Social Psychology Quarterly 61:16-32.
"Effects of Authority Structures and Gender on Interaction in Same-Sex Task Groups." (with Jody Clay-Warner and Stephanie Funk). 1996. Social Psychology Quarterly 59:221-36.
"Dependence Power, Legitimacy, and Tactical Choice." (with Rebecca Ford). 1996. Social Psychology Quarterly 59:126-39.
"Gender, Legitimate Authority, and Leader-Subordinate Conversations." 1994. American Sociological Review 59:122-35.
"Status, Legitimacy, and Compliance in Male and Female Groups." (with Cecilia Ridgeway and David Diekema). 1994. Social Forces 72:1051-1077.
"Gender and Formal Authority." 1993. Social Psychology Quarterly 56:193-210.
"What is the Relationship Between Socioemotional Behavior and Status in Task Groups?" (with Cecilia Ridgeway). 1990. American Journal of Sociology 95:1189-1212.
Selected Courses
- SOC 101: Introduction to General Sociology
- SOC 190: Individual and Society (Freshman Seminar)
- SOC 245: Individual and Society
- SOC 465: Social Interaction Processes
- SOC 551: Interactionist Approach to Social Relations
- SOC 552: Structural Aspects of Social Interaction
- SOC 759: Methodological Approaches to Justice and Legitimacy