Welcome to The Johnson Lab
Trained in human ecology and applied anthropology, Dr. Teresa Johnson’s marine social science research is focused on understanding the implications of social, ecological, and institutional change facing individuals and communities and how they respond to them. She has published in the areas of marine fisheries, aquaculture, renewable energy, cooperative research, transdisciplinary research, and marine resource dependent communities.
Dr. Johnson advises graduate students in the School of Marine Sciences’ Marine Policy program and in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences (EES) graduate program. She also mentors undergraduate research assistants in marine social science, including Honors and capstone projects.
Select Publications
Cleaver, C., Johnson, T.R., & Hanes, S. P. (2024). Challenges and opportunities for integrating aquaculture with commercial fishing in Maine. Marine Policy, 170, 106407.
Johnson, T.R., & Veo, J. (2023). Aquaculture in Shared Waters: Lessons for Diverse and Inclusive Workforce Training. Maine Policy Review, 32(2): 165 -169.
Pugh, K., Musavi, M., Johnson, T., Burke, C., Yoeli, E., Currie, E., & Pugh, B. (2023). Neural nets for sustainability conversations: modeling discussion disciplines and their impacts. Neural Computing & Applications 35, 21935–21947.
Johnson, T.R. (2020). Reflecting on Maine’s Changing Productive Coastal Region. Maine Policy Review, 29(2):91-97.
Johnson, T.R. & Hanes, S.P. (2022). Conflicts and Communities: Marine Aquaculture and the Blue Economy. In J.E., D, Germond-Duret, and C.P. Heidkamp (eds.), In Blue Economy: People and Regions in Transition. Routledge.
Mazur, M. D., & Johnson, T. R. (2020). Effects of increases in fishery resource abundance on conservation compliance. Marine policy.
Johnson, T.R., Beard, K., Brady, D.C., Byron, C.J., Cleaver, C., Duffy, K., Keeney, N., Kimble, M., Miller, M., Moeykens, S., Teisl, M., van Walsum, G.P., & Yuan, J. (2019). A social-ecological system framework for marine aquaculture research. Sustainability, 11, 2522; doi:10.3390/su11092522
Ovitz, K.L. and Johnson, T.R. (2019). Seeking sustainability: Employing Ostrom’s SESF to explore spatial fit in Maine’s sea urchin fishery. International Journal of the Commons, 13(1), pp.276–302. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.866
Johnson, T.R. & Mazur, M.D. (2018). A mixed method approach to understanding the graying of Maine’s lobster fleet. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94(3):1185-1199.
Cleaver, C., Johnson, T.R., Hanes, S.P., & Pianka, K. (2018). From fishers to farmers: Assessing aquaculture adoption in a training program for commercial fishers. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94(3):1215-1222.
