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Jepson, Wendy

Professor

Positions:

Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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wjepson@tamu.edu

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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),

SDG 6

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.