Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson

• Ph.D. in Geography, 2021. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
• M.S. in Biology, 2017. University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, GU
• B.S. in Biology, 2010. Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

Human-environment geography; conservation; ocean studies; coral reefs; social-ecological systems; climate justice; environmental justice; indigenous knowledge; Oceania-Pacific Islands

• Selected Publications:
  • Nguyen, K.H., A. K. Akiona, C.C. Chang, V.B. Chaudhary, S.J. Cheng, S.M. Johnson, S.S. Kahanamoku, A. Lee, E.E. de Leon Sanchez, L.M. Segui, and R.L. Tanner (2022). Who are we? Highlighting Nuances in Asian American Experiences in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Bull Ecol Soc Am 103(1):e01939.
  • Johnson, S.M., and Watson, J.R. (2021). Novel environmental conditions due to climate change in the world's largest marine protected areas. One Earth 4(11):1625-1634.
  • Johnson, S.M., Reyuw, B.M., Yalon, A., Mclean, M., and Houk, P. (2020). Contextualizing the social-ecological outcomes of coral reef fisheries management. Biological Conservation 241:108288.
  • Sullivan-Stack, J., Ahmadia, G. N., Andradi-Brown, D. A., Barron, A., Brooks, C. M., Claudet, J., Horta e Costa, B., Estradivari, Field, L. C., Giakoumi, S., Gonçalves, E., Groulx, N., Harris, J., Jessen, S., Johnson, S. M., MacCarthy, J. M. C., Maricato, G., Morgan, L., Nalven, K. B.,…Grorud-Colvert, K. (2024). Assessments of expected MPA outcomes can inform and improve biodiversity conservation: Case studies using The MPA Guide. Marine Policy, 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106364 
  • Villagomez, A., & Johnson, S. M. (2024). Disavowing the Doctrine of Discovery: Indigenous Healing, Decolonization, and Implications for Environmental Justice in the Pacific Remote Islands Area. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.0048 
  • Spalding, A. K., Grorud-Colvert, K., Allison, E. H., Amon, D. J., Collin, R., de Vos, A., Friedlander, A. M., Johnson, S. M., Mayorga, J., Paris, C. B., Scott, C., Suman, D. O., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Estradivari, Giron-Nava, A., Gurney, G. G., Harris, J. M., Hicks, C., Mangubhai, S.,…Thurber, R. V. (2023). Engaging the tropical majority to make ocean governance and science more equitable and effective. npj Ocean Sustainability, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-023-00015-9 
  • Kassam, K.-A. S., Charles, M. T., & Johnson, S. M. (2023). Significance of different ways of knowing in responding to the climate crisis: The necessity for Indigenous knowledge. PLOS Climate, 2(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000237