Jepson, Wendy
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
overview
Environmental governance; water, land and energy systems; human-environment interaction; political ecology; environmental justice; regional geography (Brazil; US-Mexico Borderlands)
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
selected publications
Academic Articles60
- Stoler, J., Jepson, W. E., Brewis, A., & Wutich, A. (2023). Frontiers of household water insecurity metrics: severity, adaptation and resilience.. BMJ Glob Health. 8(5), e011756-e011756.
- 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.
- 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.
- Figueroa, C., Lee, K., & Jepson, W. (2022). Corporate social responsibility in the water industry: A critical review. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER. 9(6),
- 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),
Chapters8
- Jepson, W., Wutich, A., & Harris, L. M. (2019). Water-security capabilities and the human right to water. Water Politics. 84-98. Taylor & Francis.
- 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. 155-172. Ashgate Publishing.
- Jepson, W., Brown, J. C., & Koeppe, M. (2008). Agricultural Intensification on Brazils Amazonian Soybean Frontier. Land Change Science in the Tropics. 73-92. Springer Nature.
- 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. 217-242.
- Jepson, W., & Millington, A. (2008). The Changing Countryside. Land Change Science in the Tropics. 1-10. Springer Nature.
editor of
Books1
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researcher on
Principal Investigator3
- Urban Water Provisioning Systems and Household Water Security awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- 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
chaired theses and dissertations
- Beckner, Sydney Starr (2018-12). Social Perspectives on an Inter-Aquifer Water Transfer Project: The Vista Ridge Pipeline in Central Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- Peteru, Swetha (2017-05). Linking Management Practices to Plant Species & Genetic Diversity in Agroforestry Systems. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Lee, Heather Nicole (2016-08). Access Regimes and Irrigation Technology: Where Does the Water Soft Path for Agriculture Lead?. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Bruno, Tianna Marie (2016-08). Market Environmental Justice: A Case Study on the EPA Environmental Justice Showcase Communities Project. (Master's Thesis)
- Joslin, Audrey (2015-12). Labor and Territory in Payments for Ecosystem Services in Ecuador's Andes. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
wjepson@tamu.edu
First Name
Wendy
Last Name
Jepson
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Geography; 3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA