PLAY Lab Research Team

Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences (ENS). Her research focus includes:

– physical activity promotion with a focus on youth populations and community-based interventions
– gender, geographic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to physical activity opportunities
– developing and evaluating interventions aimed to increase youth physical activity levels and sports participation among underserved youth
– psychosocial factors of sustained, positive youth sport participation