Sara E. Johnson, Ph.D.

Email: sjohnson@fullerton.edu

Phone: 714-278-5762

I am a behavioral ecologist interested in primate and human life history. My main areas of interest are:

• Evolution of primate and human growth
• Ecological variation and phenotypic plasticity in growth and development
• Ecological variation in life course trajectories, including fertility, health, morbidity, and mortality differentials among both nonhuman primates and humans
• Baboon feeding ecology
• Food acquisition and production related to nutrition
• Societal transformation and roles of the elderly among indigenous peoples
• Women’s reproductive and productive roles in both traditional and nontraditional societies

Over the last 10 years I have conducted research on these issues in several different populations, including New Mexican men, two multiethnic communities of forager/agropastoralists in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, and among chacma baboons in the Okavango Delta. A list of my recent publications on these topics is available here.

I received my Ph.D. in Human Evolutionary Ecology from the University of New Mexico. I am an associate professor of anthropology at Cal State Fullerton, and I am a faculty member in the area of  Biocultural/Evolutionary Anthropology. On a regular basis, I teach ANTH 101 Introduction to Biological Anthropology, ANTH 301 Primate Behavior, ANTH 308 Culture and Aging, ANTH 315 Culture and Nutrition, ANTH 419 Anthopology of Risk, ANTH 445 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology, ANTH 475 Research Methods in Primatology, ANTH 504T Primates and Aging, ANTH 504T Advanced Seminar in Culture and Nutrition, and ANTH 511 Theory and Method in Biological Anthropology. For current students, course materials are available through the Cal State Fullerton Blackboard website.