Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
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Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
Korbel ranked 20th in the world for the best undergraduate degree in international studies.
Teaching Professor
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Sandy Johnson is the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs and a Teaching Professor, as well as Director of the Global Health Affairs certificate program. She teaches across undergraduate and graduate levels, offering courses on international development, global health and health equity, and sustainability. Dr. Johnson’s research and teaching explore how social and environmental change interact to shape human well-being. Her recent projects examine the dynamic relationships between development policy, conflict, and health outcomes—from local to global scales. This includes work on the long-term impacts of conflict on health and human development. With an interdisciplinary background spanning development economics, geography, medical anthropology, and social epidemiology.
Dr. Johnson has studied a wide range of health and development issues, including malaria, HIV/AIDS, substance use, and health disparities. Her book Challenges in Health and Development (2nd ed., Springer Nature) interrogates the “chicken-or-egg” relationship between macroeconomic growth and health investment in driving human development.
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Johnson, S. A. (2017). Challenges in Health and Development (2nd edition). New York/ London, US / UK: Springer Nature.
Johnson, S. A. (2017). The Cost of War on Public Health: An Exploratory Method for Understanding the Impact of Conflict on Public Health in Sri Lanka. PLOSOne. No, Jan. 12, 2017, 28. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166674
Pervin, J., Tin Nu, U., Rahman, A. M. Q., Rahman, M., Uddi, B., Razzaque, A., et al. (2018). Level and determinants of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women: A cross sectional study in a rural area in Bangladesh. PLOSOne, (13(12): e0209076). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209076
Global Health Affairs (Graduate)
Introduction to Epidemiology (Graduate)
Health and Development (Graduate)
Epidemics, Pandemics and Panic (Undergraduate)
Introduction to Global Health (Undergraduate)
Health and Development (Undergraduate)
NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow, Health Disparities, National Institute of Health - LSU Health Sciences Center, 2005
Ph.D., Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2003
M.A., Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 1995
B.A., Film Production, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1989
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