Jeffrey C. Johnson, PhD

Professor

Cultural Anthropology

Jeffrey C. Johnson is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida, an Affiliate Faculty of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, and a Member of the Astraeus Space Institute specializing in social network analysis, cognition, and the modeling of socio-ecological systems. He has conducted extensive long-term research on space analogs, supported by the National Science Foundation, comparing group dynamics of over-wintering crews at the American South Pole Station, with those at the Polish, Russian, Chinese, and Indian Antarctic Stations, developed network models of complex socio-ecological systems and network models of climatic and environmental drivers of human mobility (migrants, refugees). Dr. Johnson was the founding editor of the Journal of Quantitative Anthropology, co-editor of the journal Human Organization, associate editor for the Journal of Social Structure and the journal Social Networks, Director of the Summer Institute for Research Design in Cultural Anthropology funded by the National Science Foundation that ran for 20 years, and a former Program Manager with the Army Research Office (IPA), where he started the basic science research program in the social sciences.

Areas of Specialization

  • Social Network Analysis
  • Cognitive Anthropology
  • Applied Anthropology

Courses Taught

List of courses taught, including title and how often each is offered.
Course Title Frequency
ANT 4495 - Ethnographic Methods As Needed
ANT 4930 - Applied Anthropology As Needed
ANG 5420 - Social Network Analysis Every Spring
ANG 5485 - Research Design in Anthropology Every Spring
ANG 6801 - Ethnographic Field Methods As Needed
ANG 6481 - Research Methods in Cognitive Anthropology As Needed

Education

  • Ph.D. Social Science, University of California Irvine, 1981
  • B.A. Anthropology, University of California Irvine, 1975

Publications & Profiles

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Featured Books

Book cover titled "Analyzing Social Networks" featuring colorful overlapping circular network diagrams with black and white nodes, representing social connections. Authors listed are Stephen P. Borgatti, Martin G. Everett, Jeffrey C. Johnson, and Filip Agneessens, indicating a focus on social network analysis concepts.
Analyzing Social Networks
2024 | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book is a practical, bestselling guide to doing social network analysis.
Book cover for Analyzing Social Networks Using R by Stephen P. Borgatti, Martin G. Everett, Jeffrey C. Johnson, and Filip Agneessens. Dark navy design features glowing blue network nodes, lines, arcs, and globe-like data structures, emphasizing social-network analysis and computational methods.
Analyzing Social Networks Using R
2022 | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book introduces network research in R, walking you through every step of doing social network analysis and drawing together research design, data collection and data analysis, to help explain the core concepts of network analysis in a non-technical way.