Tana Johnson, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science  

Office Location: 236 Sanford Bldg
Office Phone: (919) 613-9210
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: tana.johnson@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • International
    • Globalization
    • U.S. Foreign Policy
    • United Nations and International Institutions

Education:
PhD, University of Chicago, 2010

Research Categories: international relations, foreign policy, international organizations, international bureaucracy, institutional origins and change, international environmental policy, international energy policy, non-state actors, international political economy, international development, Asian politics

Recent Publications

  1. Tana Johnson and Johannes Urpelainen. "A Strategic Theory of Regime Integration and Separation." International Organization (forthcoming).
  2. Tana Johnson. "Guilt by Association: The Link between States' Influence and the Legitimacy of Intergovernmental Organizations." Review of International Organizations 6.1 (2011): 57-84.
  3. Tana Johnson with William Howell. "War's Contributions to Presidential Power." Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency. Oxford University Press, 2009
  4. Tana Johnson with Valentina Calderon et al. "Poverty Alleviation and Income Inequality in Brazil." Chicago Policy Review (Spring 2007).

Bio/Profile
Tana Johnson joined the faculty of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University in 2011. Her primary research interests include the origins and evolution of international institutions, the interactions of states and other international actors, and global environmental issues. She is writing a book on the role of international bureaucrats in designing new institutions.

In 2010-2011, Johnson was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University, where she co-sponsored a conference on the political, economic, and social repercussions of the global climate change issue. She was a research fellow in Vanderbilt University's Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in 2009-2010.

Sanford Building
Sanford Building