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Overview

Richard L. Johnson is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific focus on Sociology and Political Science as well as General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics related to agriculture, land use, rural development, and the intersections of migration, labor dynamics, and sustainability. Notable papers include:

  • In the Shadow of the Green Revolution: Constrained Spatial Imaginaries and Smallholder Farming in Guatemala's Pacific Lowlands, 2022, published in The Professional Geographer
  • Reversing Channels and Unsettling Binaries: Rethinking Migration and Agrarian Change under Expanded Border and Immigration Enforcement, 2021, published in Land
  • An Investigation of Methods for Estimating Marginal Values of Irrigation Water, 2021, published in Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University)
  • Emotions and gendered experiences of livelihood migration: memos from Nicaragua and Guatemala, 2023, published in Gender Place & Culture
  • Linkages between international migration and agrarian extractivism in Guatemala, 2025, forthcoming in The Journal of Peasant Studies

Their research topics include:

  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Frequent collaborators include Birgit Schmook, Claudia Radel, and Lindsey Carte, each co-authoring multiple works with Johnson. Their work has been published across venues such as The Professional Geographer, Land, Gender Place & Culture, The Journal of Peasant Studies, and Utah State Research and Scholarship, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

The focus of the research centers on complex socio-environmental dynamics involving migration, agricultural practices, and rural livelihoods, often addressing how broader political and economic changes affect local communities in regions such as Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Best Publications

  • Nanotechnologies for environmental cleanup

    Paul G. Tratnyek;Richard L. Johnson

  • Oxidation of chlorinated ethenes by heat-activated persulfate : Kinetics and products

    Rachel H. Waldemer;Paul G. Tratnyek;Richard L. Johnson;James T. Nurmi

  • Persulfate persistence under thermal activation conditions.

    Richard L. Johnson;Paul G. Tratnyek;Reid O. 'Brien Johnson

  • Diffusion of the Interspecies Electron Carriers H2 and Formate in Methanogenic Ecosystems and Its Implications in the Measurement of Km for H2 or Formate Uptake

    David R. Boone;Richard L. Johnson;Yitai Liu

  • Cross-hole electrical imaging of a controlled saline tracer injection

    Lee Slater;Andrew Binley;W. Daily;R. Johnson

  • Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation.

    Dimin Fan;Ying Lan;Paul G. Tratnyek;Richard L. Johnson

  • Peer Reviewed: MTBE-To What Extent Will Past Releases Contaminate Community Water Supply Wells?

    Richard Johnson;James Pankow;David A. Bender;Curtis Price

  • Sulfidation of Nano Zerovalent Iron (nZVI) for Improved Selectivity During In-Situ Chemical Reduction (ISCR)

    Dimin Fan;Graham O’Brien Johnson;Paul G. Tratnyek;Richard L. Johnson

  • Natural organic matter enhanced mobility of nano zerovalent iron.

    Richard L. Johnson;Graham O. 'Brien Johnson;James T. Nurmi;Paul G. Tratnyek

  • Diffusive contaminant transport in natural clay: a field example and implications for clay-lined waste disposal sites

    Richard L. Johnson;John A. Cherry;James F. Pankow

  • An Overview of In Situ Air Sparging

    R.L. Johnson;P.C. Johnson;D.B. McWhorter;R.E. Hinchee

  • Dissolution of dense chlorinated solvents into groundwater. 2. Source functions for pools of solvent

    Richard L. Johnson;James F. Pankow

  • Field-Scale Transport and Transformation of Carboxymethylcellulose-Stabilized Nano Zero-Valent Iron

    Richard L. Johnson;James T. Nurmi;Graham S. O’Brien Johnson;Dimin Fan

  • Analysis of Organic and Elemental Carbon in Ambient Aerosols by a Thermal-Optical Method

    James J. Huntzicker;R. L. Johnson;J. J. Shah;R. A. Cary

  • Dissolution of dense chlorinated solvents into groundwater. 3. Modeling contaminant plumes from fingers and pools of solvent

    Michael R. Anderson;Richard L. Johnson;James F. Pankow

  • The Urban Atmosphere as a Non-Point Source for the Transport of MTBE and Other Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to Shallow Groundwater

    James F. Pankow;Neil R. Thomson;Richard L. Johnson;and Arthur L. Baehr

  • Dissolution of Dense Chlorinated Solvents into Ground Water: 1. Dissolution from a Well-Defined Residual Source

    Michael R. Anderson;Richard L. Johnson;James F. Pankow

  • Transport of volatile organic compounds across the capillary fringe

    Kathleen A. McCarthy;Richard L. Johnson

  • An Automated Thermal-Optical Method for the Analysis of Carbonaceous Aerosol

    Richard L. Johnson;Jitendra J. Shah;Robert A. Cary;James J. Huntzicker

  • Using virtual reality in the classroom: preservice teachers' perceptions of its use as a teaching and learning tool

    Grant Cooper;Hayden Park;Zahra Nasr;Li Ping Thong

  • Carbonaceous Aerosol at Urban and Rural Sites in the United States

    Jitendra J. Shah;Richard L. Johnson;Emily K. Heyerdahl;James J. Huntzicker

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul G. Tratnyek
Paul G. Tratnyek Oregon Health & Science University
Paul C. Johnson
Paul C. Johnson Arizona State University
James F. Pankow
James F. Pankow Portland State University
John A. Cherry
John A. Cherry University of Guelph
Brent E. Sleep
Brent E. Sleep University of Toronto
Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Denis M. O'Carroll
Denis M. O'Carroll University of New South Wales
Hooman Allayee
Hooman Allayee University of Southern California
Caleb E. Finch
Caleb E. Finch University of Southern California
Constantinos Sioutas
Constantinos Sioutas University of Southern California

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