American food and wine history and material culture. History of American fisheries and fishing communities. Traditional boats and boat building, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay. Oral history and folklife research and documentation.
Johnson, Paula J. 2017. "Growing food history on a national stage : a case study from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History." in Food and museums, edited by Levent, Nina and Mihalache, Irina., Bloomsbury Academic.
2017
Coughlin, Mary, Johnson, Paula, and Anderson, Lauren. 2013. "Julia Child's Kitchen as a Conservation Classrooom." in The Public Face of Conservation, edited by Williams, Emily., 121-130. Archetype Publications.
2013