Johnson, Elizabeth L. (1941 - )

Elizabeth Lominska Johnson was born in Ossining, New York in 1941. In 1963, she received a B.A. in Psychology from Bucknell University. After receiving this degree she travelled in Europe for a year. In 1965 she married Graham Johnson. In 1967, she received a M.A. in Anthropology from Cornell University. Subsequently Johnson moved to Hong Kong where she lived from 1968 to 1971. Johnson continued to study at Cornell and in 1976 she received a Ph.D. in Anthropology. Her fieldwork was on the Hakka community in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. She was on the staff of the Museum of Anthropology from 1976-2006, most recently with responsibility for the textile collection and as curator for the Asian collections.