Janis Johnston was a graduate student in our program in the mid-to-late 1990s. She concurrently earned a minor in Environment and Natural Resources. Subsequently, she earned a PhD in Sociology from Colorado State University. After a one-year adjunct professorship at CSU she was chosen as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is part of the EPA National Homeland Security Research Center. After the fellowship ended, she obtained a position as senior data analyst for the National Institute of Health. She now works, however, as a social science analyst with USDA Food and Nutrition Service. The branch that she works for focuses on the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program, school breakfast/lunch programs, and food distribution on Native American reservations. It also does some data analysis for the Medicaid, Food Stamp, and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) programs. She really enjoying the work because the mission of the programs on which she focuses is near and dear to her heart, and she really likes the people with whom she works.
