Cathryn Johnson
Director of Graduate Studies Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-7520
FAX: 404-727-7520
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: relationships between organizational structure leader legitimacy, and formal group interaction; legitimacy and dependency in conflict situations.
Selected Publications:
"Legitimacy as a Social Process," (co-author), Annual Review of Sociology, 2006.
"Emotional Reactions to Conflict: Do Dependence and Legitimacy Matter?", (co-author), Social Forces, 2000.
"Justice Beyond the Individual: A Future with Legitimation," (co-author), Social Psychology Quarterly, 2000.
"Gender, Legitimate Authority, and Leader-Subordinate Conversations, " American Sociological Review, 1994.
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