HR job title
- Professor and Director College of Arts and Sciences Environment and Sustainability Initiative and Env
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Jepson, Wendy Professor
Positions
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
- Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Environmental governance; water, land and energy systems; human-environment interaction; political ecology; environmental justice; regional geography (Brazil; US-Mexico Borderlands)
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Fincher, B., Jepson, W., & Connors, J.
(2023).
Water insecurity tradeoffs: U.S. drinking water systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Water Security.
20, 100144-100144.
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Stoler, J., Jepson, W. E., Brewis, A., & Wutich, A.
(2023).
Frontiers of household water insecurity metrics: severity, adaptation and resilience. BMJ Global Health.
8(5), e011756-e011756.
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Dobbin, K. B., Fencl, A. L., Pierce, G., Beresford, M., Gonzalez, S., & Jepson, W.
(2023).
Understanding perceived climate risks to household water supply and their implications for adaptation: evidence from California. Climatic Change.
176(4), 40.
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Wutich, A., Thomson, P., Jepson, W., Stoler, J., Cooperman, A. D., Doss-Gollin, J., ... Westerhoff, P.
(2023).
MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.
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Seghezzo, L., Sneegas, G., Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., Beckner, S., & Lee, K.
(2023).
The use and potential of Q method in environmental planning and management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-27.
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Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Beckner, S., Sneegas, G., & Seghezzo, L.
(2022).
Not a silver bullet: social perspectives on desalination and water reuse in Texas. Urban Water Journal.
19(10), 1025-1037.
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Figueroa, C., Lee, K., & Jepson, W.
(2022).
Corporate social responsibility in the water industry: A critical review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.
9(6),
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Stoler, J., Jepson, W., Wutich, A., Velasco, C. A., Thomson, P., Staddon, C., & Westerhoff, P.
(2022).
Modular, adaptive, and decentralised water infrastructure: promises and perils for water justice. 57, 101202-101202.
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Wutich, A., Jepson, W., Velasco, C., Roque, A., Gu, Z., Hanemann, M., ... Westerhoff, P.
(2022).
Water insecurity in the Global North: A review of experiences in U.S. colonias communities along the Mexico border. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.
9(4),
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Jepson, W., Martin, P., & Nevins, J.
(2022).
Sorry to Bother You: The AAG Climate Action Task Force as a Necessary Inconvenience. Professional Geographer.
74(1), 147-149.
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Stoler, J., Miller, J. D., Adams, E. A., Ahmed, F., Alexander, M., Asiki, G., ... Young, S. L.
(2021).
The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development.
11(6), 1102-1110.
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Empinotti, V. L., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Millington, N., Ferrara, L. N., Geere, J., ... Wahby, N.
(2021).
Advancing urban water security: The urbanization of water-society relations and entry-points for political engagement. Water International.
46(6), 956-968.
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Wutich, A., Jepson, W. E., Stoler, J., Thomson, P., Kooy, M., Brewis, A., Staddon, C., & Meehan, K.
(2021).
A Global Agenda for Household Water Security: Measurement, Monitoring, and Management. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION.
57(4), 530-538.
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Roque, A., Wutich, A., Brewis, A., Beresford, M., García-Quijano, C., Lloréns, H., & Jepson, W
(2021).
Autogestión and water sharing networks in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María. Water International.
46(6), 938-955.
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Grasham, C. F., Calow, R., Casey, V., Charles, K. J., de Wit, S., Dyer, E., ... Zaidi, H.
(2021).
Engaging with the politics of climate resilience towards clean water and sanitation for all. npj Clean Water.
4(1), 42.
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Lee, K., & Jepson, W.
(2021).
Environmental impact of desalination: A systematic review of Life Cycle Assessment. Desalination.
509, 115066-115066.
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Jepson, W., Wutich, A., Empinotti, V. L., & Jacobi, P. R.
(2021).
Water insecurity and the state: failure, disconnection and autonomy INTRODUCTION. Water International.
46(6), 779-782.
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Jepson, W., Tomaz, P., Santos, J. O., & Baek, J.
(2021).
A comparative analysis of urban and rural household water insecurity experiences during the 2011–17 drought in Ceará, Brazil. Water International.
46(5), 697-722.
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Stoler, J., Miller, J. D., Brewis, A., Freeman, M. C., Harris, L. M., Jepson, W., ... Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network (HWISE RCN).
(2021).
Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries. 234, 113715-113715.
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Jepson, W. E., Stoler, J., Baek, J., Morn Martnez, J., Uribe Salas, F. J., & Carrillo, G.
(2021).
Cross-sectional study to measure household water insecurity and its health outcomes in urban Mexico. BMJ Open.
11(3), e040825-e040825.
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Sneegas, G., Beckner, S., Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Lee, K., & Seghezzo, L.
(2021).
Using Q-methodology in environmental sustainability research: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review. Ecological Economics.
180, 106864-106864.
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Lee, K., & Jepson, W.
(2020).
Drivers and barriers to urban water reuse: A systematic review. Water Security.
11, 100073-100073.
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Rosinger, A. Y., Brewis, A., Wutich, A., Jepson, W., Staddon, C., Stoler, J., Young, S. L., & Household Water Insecurity Experiences-Research Coordination Network HWISE-RCN.
(2020).
Corrigendum to "Water borrowing is consistently practiced globally and is associated with water-related system failures across diverse environments" [Global Environ. Change 64 (2020) 102148]. Global Environmental Change.
65, 102196-102196.
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Meehan, K., Jepson, W., Harris, L. M., Wutich, A., Beresford, M., Fencl, A., ... Young, S.
(2020).
Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.
7(6),
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Venkataramanan, V., Geere, J., Thomae, B., Stoler, J., Hunter, P. R., Young, S. L., Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network (HWISE RCN), .., & aa.
(2020).
In pursuit of 'safe' water: the burden of personal injury from water fetching in 21 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health.
5(10), e003328-e003328.
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Tomaz, P., Jepson, W., & de Oliveira Santos, J.
(2020).
Urban Household Water Insecurity from the Margins: Perspectives from Northeast Brazil. Professional Geographer.
72(4), 481-498.
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Harris, L. M., Staddon, C., Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Pearson, A. L., & Adams, E. A.
(2020).
Water sharing and the right to water: Refusal, rebellion and everyday resistance. Political Geography.
82, 102245-102245.
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Rosinger, A. Y., Brewis, A., Wutich, A., Jepson, W., Staddon, C., Stoler, J., Young, S. L., & Household Water Insecurity Experiences-Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN).
(2020).
Water borrowing is consistently practiced globally and is associated with water-related system failures across diverse environments. Global Environmental Change.
64, 102148-102148.
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Stoler, J., Jepson, W. E., & Wutich, A.
(2020).
Beyond handwashing: Water insecurity undermines COVID-19 response in developing areas. Journal of Global Health.
10(1), 010355.
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Schuster, R. C., Butler, M. S., Wutich, A., Miller, J. D., Young, S. L., & Household Water Insecurity Experiences-Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN).
(2020).
"If there is no water, we cannot feed our children": The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY.
32(1), e23357.
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Brewis, A., Workman, C., Wutich, A., Jepson, W., Young, S., & Household Water Insecurity Experiences - Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN).
(2020).
Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY.
32(1), e23309.
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Wutich, A., Rosinger, A. Y., Stoler, J., Jepson, W., & Brewis, A.
(2020).
Measuring Human Water Needs. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY.
32(1), e23350.
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Young, S. L., Boateng, G. O., Jamaluddine, Z., Miller, J. D., Frongillo, E. A., Neilands, T. B., ... HWISE Research Coordination Network.
(2019).
The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health.
4(5), e001750-e001750.
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Beckner, S., Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., & Tracy, J.
(2019).
'The San Antonio River Doesn't Start in San Antonio, It Now Starts in Burleson County': Stakeholder Perspectives on a Groundwater Transfer Project in Central Texas. Society & Natural Resources.
32(11), 1222-1238.
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Brewis, A., Rosinger, A., Wutich, A., Adams, E., Cronk, L., Pearson, A., ... Tutu, R.
(2019).
Water sharing, reciprocity, and need: A comparative study of interhousehold water transfers in sub-Saharan Africa. 6(2), 208-221.
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Young, S. L., Collins, S. M., Boateng, G. O., Neilands, T. B., Jamaluddine, Z., Miller, J. D., ... HWISE Research Coordination Network.
(2019).
Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale. BMJ Open.
9(1), e023558-e023558.
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Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Harris, L., Adams, E., Brewis, A., ... Young, S.
(2018).
Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures. 5(6), e1309.
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Joslin, A. J., & Jepson, W. E.
(2018).
Territory and authority of water fund payments for ecosystem services in Ecuador's Andes. Geoforum.
91, 10-20.
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Bruno, T., & Jepson, W.
(2018).
Marketisation of environmental justice: U.S. EPA environmental justice showcase communities project in Port Arthur, Texas. Local Environment: the international journal of justice and sustainability.
23(3), 276-292.
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Jepson, W., & Caldas, M.
(2017).
"Changing energy systems and land-use change". Journal of Land Use Science.
12(6), 405-406.
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Jepson, W. E., Wutich, A., Colllins, S. M., Boateng, G. O., & Young, S. L.
(2017).
Progress in household water insecurity metrics: a cross-disciplinary approach. 4(3),
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Jepson, W., Budds, J., Eichelberger, L., Harris, L., Norman, E., O'Reilly, K., ... Young, S.
(2017).
Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach. Water Security.
1, 46-52.
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Wutich, A., Budds, J., Eichelberger, L., Geere, J. o., Harris, L., Horney, J., ... Young, S.
(2017).
Advancing methods for research on household water insecurity: Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governance. Water Security.
2, 1-10.
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Jepson, W., & Vandewalle, E.
(2016).
Household Water Insecurity in the Global North: A Study of Rural and Periurban Settlements on the Texas-Mexico Border. 68(1), 66-81.
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Vandewalle, E., & Jepson, W.
(2015).
Mediating water governance: point-of-use water filtration devices for low-income communities along the US-Mexico border. Geo: Geography and Environment.
2(2), 107-121.
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Brannstrom, C., Tilton, M., Klein, A., & Jepson, W.
(2015).
Spatial Distribution of Estimated Wind-Power Royalties in West Texas. Land.
4(4), 1182-1199.
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Jepson, W., & Brown, H. L.
(2014).
'If no gasoline, no water': privatizing drinking water quality in South Texas colonias. Environment and Planning A.
46(5), 1032-1048.
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Jepson, W.
(2014).
Measuring 'no-win' waterscapes: Experience-based scales and classification approaches to assess household water security in colonias on the US-Mexico border. Geoforum.
51, 107-120.
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Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., & Persons, N.
(2012).
"We Don't Take the Pledge": Environmentality and environmental skepticism at the epicenter of US wind energy development. Geoforum.
43(4), 851-863.
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Jepson, W.
(2012).
Claiming Space, Claiming Water: Contested Legal Geographies of Water in South Texas. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
102(3), 614-631.
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Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., & Persons, N.
(2011).
Social Perspectives on Wind-Power Development in West Texas. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
101(4), 839-851.
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Jepson, W., Brannstrom, C., & Filippi, A.
(2010).
Access Regimes and Regional Land Change in the Brazilian Cerrado, 1972-2002. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
100(1), 87-111.
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Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Filippi, A. M., Redo, D., Xu, Z., & Ganesh, S.
(2008).
Land change in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado), 1986-2002: Comparative analysis and implications for land-use policy. Land Use Policy.
25(4), 579-595.
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Brown, J. C., Jepson, W. E., Kastens, J. H., Wardlow, B. D., Lomas, J. M., & Price, K. P.
(2007).
Multitemporal, moderate-spatial-resolution remote sensing of modern agricultural production and land modification in the Brazilian Amazon. GIScience and Remote Sensing.
44(2), 117-148.
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Jepson, W.
(2006).
Private agricultural colonization on a Brazilian frontier, 1970-1980. Journal of Historical Geography.
32(4), 839-863.
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Jepson, W.
(2006).
Producing a modern agricultural frontier: Firms and cooperatives in Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Economic Geography.
82(3), 289-316.
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Jepson, W.
(2005).
Spaces of labor activism, Mexican-American women and the farm worker movement in South Texas since 1966. Antipode.
37(4), 679-702.
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Jepson, W.
(2005).
A disappearing biome? Reconsidering land-cover change in the Brazilian savanna. Geographical Journal, The.
171(2), 99-111.
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Jepson, W. E., Brannstrom, C., & de Souza, R. S.
(2005).
A case of contested ecological modernisation: the governance of genetically modified crops in Brazil. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy.
23(2), 295-310.
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Jepson, W., Brown, J. C., & Price, K. P.
(2004).
Expansion of Mechanized Agriculture and Land-Cover Change in Southern Rondonia, Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography.
3(1), 96-102.
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Jepson, W. E.
(2004).
Of Soil, Situation, and Salubrity: Medical Topography and Medical Officers in Early Nineteenth-Century British India. Historical Geography.
32, 137-155.
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Jepson, W. E.
(2002).
Globalization and Brazilian biosafety: the politics of scale over biotechnology governance. Political Geography.
21(7), 905-925.
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Tomaz, P. A., Santos, J., & Jepson, W.
Household Water Insecurity and Social Vulnerability in the Municipal Context of the Semi-Arid Region of Cear
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Tomaz, P. A., de Oliveira Santos, J., & Jepson, W.
Insegurana Hdrica Domiciliar e Vulnerabilidade Social em Contexto Municipal do Semirido Cearense. 35(1),
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Figueroa, C., Brannstrom, C., Seghezzo, L., Lee, K., & Jepson, W.
Social perspectives on the sustainability challenges within the desalination sector: a Q-method study. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy.
20(1), 2400761.
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Fincher, B., Jepson, W., & Connors, J.
(2023).
Water insecurity tradeoffs: U.S. drinking water systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Water Security.
20, 100144-100144.
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chapter
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Jepson, W., Wutich, A., & Harris, L. M.
(2019).
Water-security capabilities and the human right to water. Water Politics.
(pp. 84-98).
Taylor & Francis.
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Jepson, W., & Brannstrom, C.
(2015).
Techno-Nature and Scaling Water Governance in South Texas. Norman, E. S., Cook, C., & Cohen, A. (Eds.),
NEGOTIATING WATER GOVERNANCE: WHY THE POLITICS OF SCALE MATTER.
(pp. 155-172).
Ashgate Publishing.
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Jepson, W., Brown, J. C., & Koeppe, M.
(2008).
Agricultural Intensification on Brazils Amazonian Soybean Frontier. Land Change Science in the Tropics.
(pp. 73-92).
Springer Nature.
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Jepson, W. E., Brannstrom, C., & De Souza, R. S.
(2008).
Brazilian biotechnology governance: Consensus and confict over genetically modifed crops. Food for the Few: Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America.
(pp. 217-242).
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Jepson, W., & Millington, A.
(2008).
The Changing Countryside. Land Change Science in the Tropics.
(pp. 1-10).
Springer Nature.
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Jepson, W. E.
(2007).
Environmental Racism. Robbins, P. (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society.
(pp. 588-590).
SAGE Publishing.
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Jepson, W. E.
(2006).
Biotechnology. Geist, H. (Eds.),
Our Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change.
(pp. 68-69).
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Jepson, W. E.
(2006).
Brazilian Cerrado. Geist, H. (Eds.),
Our Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change.
(pp. 76-78).
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Jepson, W., Wutich, A., & Harris, L. M.
(2019).
Water-security capabilities and the human right to water. Water Politics.
(pp. 84-98).
Taylor & Francis.
editor of
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book
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Millington, A., & Jepson, W.
(2008).
Land Change Science in the Tropics
Jepson, W. E. (Eds.),
Springer US.
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Millington, A., & Jepson, W.
(2008).
Land Change Science in the Tropics
Jepson, W. E. (Eds.),
Springer US.
Research
principal investigator on
- RCN: Building A Community of Practice for Household Water Insecurity Research awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018 - 2023
- Urban Water Provisioning Systems and Household Water Security awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2020
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Access regimes and irrigation technology: Where does the water “soft path” for agriculture lead? awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2014 - 2017
Teaching
teaching activities
- ARSC101 First Yr Seminar Instructor
- GEOG201 Intro To Human Geog Instructor
- GEOG330 Resources & The Env Instructor
- GEOG380 Wrkshp In Envir Stdies Instructor
- GEOG380 Wrkshp In Envir Stdies-costa R Instructor
- GEOG430 Environmental Justice Instructor
- GEOG484 Internship Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG489 Sptp: Water Security Instructor
- GEOG491 Research Instructor
- GEOG605 Proc In Cultural Geog Instructor
- GEOG610 Geog Methods And Theory Instructor
- GEOG619 Human Impact On Enviro Instructor
- GEOG685 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG689 Sptp: Water Security Instructor
- GEOG691 Research Instructor
- GEOG691 Research: In-ab Instructor
- GEOS205 Env Geos Cornerstone Instructor
- GEOS289 Sptp: Comm & Outreach Svc-irng Instructor
- GEOS405 Environmental Geoscience Instructor
- GEOS489 Sptp:service-learning Geos Instructor
- WMHS685 Directed Studies Instructor
- WMHS689 Sptp:cros-disp Per On Wtr Sec Instructor
- WMHS691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Beckner, Sydney Starr (2018-11). Social Perspectives on an Inter-Aquifer Water Transfer Project: The Vista Ridge Pipeline in Central Texas.
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Bruno, Tianna Marie (2016-05). Market Environmental Justice: A Case Study on the EPA Environmental Justice Showcase Communities Project.
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Goel, Abhineety (2013-08). Political Economy of Compensatory Conservation: A Case Study of proposed Omkareshwar National Park Complex, India.
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Joslin, Audrey (2015-12). Labor and Territory in Payments for Ecosystem Services in Ecuador's Andes.
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Lee, Heather Nicole (2016-07). Access Regimes and Irrigation Technology: Where Does the Water Soft Path for Agriculture Lead?.
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Peteru, Swetha (2017-01). Linking Management Practices to Plant Species & Genetic Diversity in Agroforestry Systems.
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Vandewalle, Emily Lauren (2014-04). From Emergency to Fix: Point-of-Use Water Filtration Technology in Colonias Along the United States-Mexico Border.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of California Los Angeles - (Los Angeles, California, United States) 2003
- M.A. in Geography, Syracuse University - (Syracuse, New York, United States) 1997
- B.A. in Geography and History, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1994
awards and honors
- AAAS Fellow, conferred by American Association For The Advancement of Science - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2022
- University Professorship, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2019
- Traditional Fulbright Scholarship, conferred by Council for International Exchange of Scholars - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2016
- Diversity and Inclusion Award, conferred by Association of American Geographers - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2015
- Montague Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2006
Contact
first name
- Wendy
has last name
- Jepson
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Geography
3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA
Other
In the News
- AgriLife Expands Statewide Water Commitment News Release
- Texas A&M AgriLife expands statewide water commitment News Release
- wjepson@tamu.edu