Dr. Caryl L. Johnson

Academic Background
Ed.D. in Historical, Social and Cultural Foundations
University of Houston
M.S.Ed. Home Economics Education
Eastern Illinois University
B.S. Home Economics
Austin Peay State University

Scholarly Interests
Cultural influences on historical housing (Caribbean, Ghana, West Aftrica), Cultural influences on intergenerational rural compound families (Ghana, West Africa), Eradication of poverty in the Caribbean, Research projects in Ghana and the Caribbean.

Selected Publications
Johnson, C.L. (1998). Teaching architectural styles from a multicultural perspective. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 90(1). pp. 58-60.

Johnson, C.L. (1997). The cultural influences on the historical architecture of the United States Virgin Islands. Texas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 1(2).

Johnson, C.L. (2003). Cultural influences on historical housing. Encyclopedia of Children, Families, communities and Environment.

Johnson, C.L. (2004). Crossing the Ghanaian boarder: University and public schools partnership. Journal of Border Educational Research, 4.

Johnson, C.L. (2003). A West African reflection in the Danish West Indies. Nyame Akuma Bulliten of the Society of Africanist Archeologists, 59. pp. 79-84.

Biography
Dr. Johnson has taught FCS for 24 years at the high school, junior high and university levels. She has worked as a FCS Specialist and acting program leader for the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of the Virgin Islands. Dr. Johnson taught as an adjunct professor for the University of Houston and the University of Houston Clear Lake campus. She has presented papers at two international conferences, one in Ghana, West Africa and the other in Finland. She has also presented papers at the American Association of Housing Educators conferences and at an annual meeting of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Dr. Johnson has also presented papers at several assessment conferences in the state of New Mexico.