Faculty

Nan E. Johnson (Ph.D., Penn State University) specializes in Demography, Aging and the Life Course, Rural Sociology, and Research Methods. She has a half-time research appointment with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. Her current research has two themes: 1) the interrelationships of physical disability, the search for caregivers, and older-adult migration between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties; and 2) the barriers of “place” to the adoption of assistive technologies. Representative publications include “Changing Rural Social Systems: Adaptation and Survival” (with Ching-li Wang, Mich. State Univ. Press, 1997), “Critical Issues in Rural Health” (with Nina Glasgow and Lois Wright Morton, Blackwell Publishing, 2004), “Health Profiles of Michigan Populations of Color” (Michigan Dept. of Public Health, 1995), “Nonmetro Residence, Hearing Loss, and Restoration among Elderly People,” (Journal of Rural Health, 2004), and “Nonmetro Residence and Impaired Vision Among Elderly Americans” (Journal of Rural Health, 2004).

405 Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
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johnsonn@msu.edu