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Cassandra Johnson Gaither, PhD

Cassandra Johnson Gaither, PhD

Research Social Scientist

Southern Research Station

cassandra.johnson@usda.gov

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Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Amanda Aragón. 2024. Whose forest, whose values? Planning for Atlanta’s “South River Forest”
Ronald L. Schumann, Christopher T. Emrich, Van Butsic, Miranda H. Mockrin, Yao Zhou, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Owen Price, Alexandra D. Syphard, Joshua Whittaker, Sanam K. Aksha. 2024. The geography of social vulnerability and wildfire occurrence (1984–2018) in the conterminous USA
Amanda Robillard, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, John Schelhas, Brett J. Butler. 2023. Black Family Forest Owners in the Southeastern United States: A Case Study in Six Counties
Francis Tease, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Rita Yembilah, Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko, Priscilla Mensah, Brandon Adams. 2023. “When will the tree grow for me to benefit from it?”: tree tenure reform to counter mining in southwestern Ghana
Kyle Maurice Woosnam, Dongoh Joo, Manuel Alector Ribeiro, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, José J. Sánchez, Robert Brooks. 2023. Rural residents’ social distance with tourists: an affective interpretation
G. Rebecca Dobbs, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2023. How much heirs' property is there? using lightbox data to estimate heirs' property extent in the U.S.
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Denzell A. Cross, G. Rebecca. Dobbs. 2022. Exploring transiency in four urban forest patch neighborhoods: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Brian Barger, Julia Torquati, Lincoln Larson, Jody Marie Bartz, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Andrew Gardner, Eric Moody, Steven Rosenberg, Anne Schutte, Margaret Murray, Bridgette M. Schram. 2021. Measuring green space effects on attention and stress in children and youth: A scoping review
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Marla R. Emery. 2020. “Black Folks Do Forage”: Examining Wild Food Gathering in Southeast Atlanta Communities
Binita KC, J. M. Shepherd, Anthony W. King, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2020. Multi-hazard climate risk projections for the United States
Brian Barger, Lincoln R. Larson, Scott Ogletree, Julia Torquati, Steven Rosenberg, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Jody Marie Bartz, Andrew Gardner, Eric Moody. 2020. Tree canopy coverage predicts lower conduct problem severity in children with ASD
Ronald L. Schumann, Miranda H. Mockrin, Alexandra D. Syphard, Joshua Whittaker, Owen Price, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Christopher T. Emrich, Van Butsic. 2020. Wildfire recovery as a “hot moment” for creating fire-adapted communities
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Eric Kuehler, Wayne C. Zipperer, Ebenezer O. Aka, Brian Barger. 2019. Trees and trash: Examining the link between urban forest engagement and blight in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Amanda Aragón, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Marguerite Madden, Scott Goodrick. 2019. The “Efficiency Concern”: Exploring wildfire risk on heirs’ property in Macon‑Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
Ronald Schumann, Miranda Mockrin, Alexandra Syphard, Joshua Whittaker, Owen Price, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Christopher Emrich, Van Bustic. 2019. Wildfire recovery as a “hot moment” for creating fire-adapted communities
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2019. Socioecological Production of Parks in Atlanta, Georgia's Proctor Creek Watershed: Creating Ecosystem Services or Negative Externalities?
Amanda Aragon, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Marguerite Madden, Scott Goodrick. 2019. The “efficiency concern”: Exploring wildfire risk on heirs’ property in Macon‑Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2019. Appalachia's "Big White Ghettos": Exploring the role of heirs' property in the reproduction of housing vulnerability in eastern Kentucky
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Ann Carpenter, Tracy Lloyd McCurty, Sara Toering. 2019. Heirs’ property and land fractionation: fostering stable ownership to prevent land loss and abandonment
Nathan P. Palardy, B. Bynum Boley, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2018. Resident support for urban greenways across diverse neighborhoods: Comparing two Atlanta BeltLine segments
Lincoln R. Larson, Brian Barger, Scott Ogletree, Julia Torquati, Steven Rosenberg, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Jody Marie Bartz, Andrew Gardner, Eric Moody, Anne Schutte. 2018. Gray space and green space proximity associated with higher anxiety in youth with autism
Nathan P. Palardy, B. Bynum Boley, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2018. Residents and urban greenways: Modeling support for the Atlanta BeltLine
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Stan Zarnoch. 2017. Unearthing ‘dead capital’: Heirs’ property prediction in two U.S. southern counties
Scott Pippin, Shana Jones, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2017. Identifying potential heirs properties in the Southeastern United States: a new GIS methodology utilizing mass appraisal data
Sarah Weber, B. Bynum Boley, Nathan Palardy, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2017. The Impact of urban greenways on residential concerns: Findings from the Atlanta BeltLine Trail
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2017. Spatial dimensions of heirs’ property in Maverick County, TX
John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Viniece Jennings. 2017. “Sunshine, sweat, and tears”: African-American ties to land and forests in the south
Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2017. A privilege and a challenge: valuation of heirs' property by African American landowners and implications for forest management in the southeastern U.S
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2016. “Have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed?”: heirs’ property in the southern United States
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, David Himmelfarb, Sarah Hitchner, John Schelhas, J. Marshall Shepherd, Binita K.C. 2016. "Where the sidewalk ends": sustainable mobility in Atlanta's Cascade community
John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Rory Fraser, Viniece Jennings, Amadou Diop. 2016. Engaging African American landowners in sustainable forest management
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Scott Goodrick, Bryn Elise Murphy, Neelam Poudyal. 2015. An exploratory spatial analysis of social vulnerability and smoke plume dispersion in the U.S
Viniece Jennings, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2015. Approaching environmental health disparities and green spaces: An ecosystem services perspective
B. Bynum Boley, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2015. Exploring empowerment within the Gullah Geechee cultural heritage corridor: implications for heritage tourism development in the Lowcountry
Jianbang Gan, Adam Jarrett, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2015. Landowner response to wildfire risk: Adaptation, mitigation or doing nothing
Z.L. Walton, N.C. Poudyal, J. Hepinstall, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, B.B. Boley. 2015. Exploring the role of forest resources in reducing community vulnerability to the heat effects of climate change
Binita KC, J. Marshall Shepherd, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2015. Climate change vulnerability assessment in Georgia
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Nina S. Roberts, Kristin L. Hanula. 2015. Visitor diversity through the recreation manager lens: comparing Forest Service Regions 8 (U.S. South) and 5 (California)
David Himmelfarb, John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, KathErine Dunbar, J. Peter Brosius. 2014. Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Climate Change in the Southeastern United States
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2014. Wilderness and the U.S
Jianbang Gan, Adam Jarrett, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2014. Wildfire risk adaptation: propensity of forestland owners to purchase wildfire insurance in the southern United States
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2014. Smokestacks, Parkland, and community composition: examining environmental burdens and benefits in Hall County, Georgia, USA
Jianbang Gan, Adam Jarrett, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2013. Forest fuel reduction and biomass supply: perspectives from southern private landowners
John Schelhas, Sarah Hitchner, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2012. Social vulnerability and environmental change along urban-rural interfaces
David N. Wear, Linda A. Joyce, Bret W. Butler, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Susan Stewart, David J. Nowak. 2012. Climate change, human communities, and forests in rural, urban, and wildland-urban interface environments
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Richard Schulterbrandt Gragg, Viniece Jennings. 2012. Promoting Environmental Justice Through Urban Green Space Access: A Synopsis
Miriam Wyman, Sparkle Malone, Taylor Stein, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2012. Race and wildfire risk perceptions among rural forestland owners in north-central Florida
Neelam Poudyal, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Scott Goodrick, J.M. Bowker, Jianbang Gan. 2012. Locating spatial variation in the association between wildland fire risk and social vulnerability across six southern states
Gary T. Green, Michael Bowker, X.F. Wang, K. Cordell, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2012. A National Study of Constraints to Participation in Outdoor Recreational Activities
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Jianbang Gan, Adam Jarrett, Miriam S. Wyman, Sparkle L. Malone, Keenan J. Adams, J.M. Bowker, Taylor V. Stein. 2011. Black Belt landowners respond to State-sponsored wildland fire mitigation policies and programs
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2011. Latino Park Access: Examining Environmental Equity in a “New Destination” County in the South
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, N.C. Poudyal, Scott Goodrick, Michael Bowker, Sparkle L. Malone, J. Gan. 2011. Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approach
John Schelhas, S. Samar, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, K. Asumadu, F. Tease, John A. Stanturf, D. Blay. 2010. Opportunities and capacity for community-based forest carbon sequestration and monitoring in Ghana
G.T. Green, Michael Bowker, X. Wang, Ken Cordell, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2009. An Examination of Perceived Constraints to Outdoor Recreation
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, A.C. Halfacre, P.T. Hurley. 2009. Resistant place identities in rural Charleston County, South Carolina: Cultural, environmental, and racial politics in the Sewee to Santee Area
Siew Hoon Lim, J.M. Bowker, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, H. Ken Cordell. 2009. Perspectives on prescribed fire in the south: does ethnicity matter?
J. Michael Bowker, Siew Hoon Lim, H. Ken Cordell, Gary T. Green, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2008. Wildland fire, risk, and recovery: results of a national survey with regional and racial perspectives
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Wayne C. Zipperer. 2007. Culture, place and urban growth in the U.S. South
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, D.B.K English. 2007. Visitor diversity on national forests-how should managers respond?
Gary T. Green, J. Michael Bowker, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, H. Ken Cordell, Xiongfei Wang. 2007. An examination of constraints to wilderness visitation
Richard A. Harper, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, H. Michael Rauscher, Carol Whitlock. 2007. A strategic plan for forest research and development in the south
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, Gary Green, H. Kenneth Cordell. 2007. "Provide it... but will they come?" a look at African American and Hispanic visits to Federal recreation areas
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Myron F. Floyd. 2006. A tale of two towns: black and white municipalities respond to urban growth in the South Carolina lowcountry
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, H. Ken Cordell. 2005. Acculturation via nature-based outdoor recreation: a comparison of Mexican and Chinese ethnic groups in the United States
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, H. Ken Cordell. 2004. Ethnic variation in environmental belief and behavior: An examination of the new ecological paradigm in a social psychological context
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker. 2004. African-American wildland memories
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Josh Mcdaniel. 2004. Turpentine Negro
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, John C. Bergstrom, H. Ken Cordell. 2004. Wilderness values in America: Does immigrant status or ethnicity matter?
Myron F Floyd, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 2002. Coming to Terms with Environmental Justice in Outdoor Recreation: A Conceptual Discussion with Research Implications
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, H. Ken Cordell. 2001. Outdoor Recreation Constraints: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Rural Dwelling
J. Michael Bowker, H. Ken Cordell, Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 1999. User fees for recreation services on public lands: a national assessment
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker. 1999. On-site wildland activity choices among African Americans and White Americans in the rural south: implications for management
Cassandra Johnson Gaither. 1998. A consideration of collective memory in African American attachment to wildland recreation places
H. Ken Cordell, John C. Bliss, Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Mark Fly. 1998. Voices from southern forests
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, Donald B.K. English, Dreamal Worthen. 1998. Wildland recreation in the rural South: an examination of marginality and ethnicity theory
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, Patrick M. Horan, William Pepper. 1997. Race, Rural Residence, and Wildland Visitation: Examining the Influence of Sociocultural Meaning
Cassandra Johnson Gaither, J. Michael Bowker, Donald B.K. English, Dreamal Worthen. 1997. Theoretical Perspectives of Ethnicity and Outdoor Recreation: A Review and Synthesis of African-American and European-American Participation

University of Georgia, Ph.D., Sociology, 2001
University of Georgia, M.A., Sociology, 1995

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