diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 1e987b2..4f5fcff 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@ class Person < Profile
     self.person_info ||= PersonInfo.new
     self.person_info.person = self
   end
+
+  def email
+    self.user.nil? ? nil : self.user.email
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/person_test.rb b/test/unit/person_test.rb
index 64419b4..241a820 100644
--- a/test/unit/person_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/person_test.rb
@@ -86,4 +86,15 @@ class PersonTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert p.has_permission?('edit_profile', e)
     assert !p.has_permission?('destroy_profile', e)
   end
+
+  should 'get an email address from the associated user instance' do
+    p = User.create!(:login => 'jonh', :email => 'john@doe.org', :password => 'dhoe', :password_confirmation => 'dhoe').person
+    assert_equal 'john@doe.org', p.email
+  end
+
+  should 'get no email address when there is no associated user' do
+    p = Person.new
+    assert_nil p.email
+  end
+
 end
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