Publications

2025
  • “Interacting Water Insecurity and Food Insecurity: Recent Advances in Theory and Application.” Brewis, A., Jepson, W., Rosinger, A., Stoler, J., Workman, C.L., Wutich, A., Young (authors alpha after Brewis). AJHB Invited Commentary on: 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. Forthcoming.
  • Jeboda, Dammy, Brandie Banner Shackelford, Petros Chigwechokha, Brighton A. Chunga, Ayse Ercumen, Cassandra Workman, Joy L. Hart, Ted Smith, & Rochelle H. Holm. “Public opinions from Malawian and Malawi refugee camp residents of wastewater and environmental surveillance.” American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Forthcoming.
2024
  • Thomson, Patrick, Amber Pearson, Emily Kumpel, Danice Guzmán, Cassandra L. Workman, David Fuente, Amber Wutich, Justin Stoler & the HWISE RCN. “Water supply interruptions are associated with more frequent stressful behaviors and emotions but mitigated by predictability: A multi-site study.” Environmental Science & Technology 58(16): 7010-7019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08443
  • Workman, Cassandra L., Joshua D. Miller, Sameer Shah, Kenneth Maes, Yihenew Tesfaye & Kenneth Mapunda. “Frequency and perceived difficulty of household water experiences in Morogoro, Tanzania: evidence of the psychosocial burden of water insecurity.” Social Science & Medicine Mental Health. Volume 5, 100295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100295
2023
  • Workman, Cassandra L. & Sameer Shah. “Water infrastructure as intrusion: Race, exclusion, and nostalgic futures in North Carolina.” Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Special Issue (2023): Race, Nature, and the Environment. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2149461 
  • Roque, Anaís, Amber Wutich, Sameer H. Shah, Cassandra L. Workman, Linda Méndez-Barrientos, Yasmina Chourei, Lucas Belury and Charlayne Mitchell. “Justice and Injustice in “Modular, Adaptive and Decentralized” (MAD) Water Systems.” Water Security. 20: 100151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100151
  • Rhue, Steven J., Giulia Torrico, Chioma Amuzie, Shalean M. Collins, Andrea Sullivan Lemaitre, Cassandra L. Workman, Asher Y. Rosinger, Roseanne C. Schuster, Amber L. Pearson, Barbara Piperata, Amber Wutich, Alexandra Brewis and Justin Stoler. “The effects of household water insecurity on child health and well-being.” WIREs Water. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1666
  • Shah,Sameer H., Leila M. Harris, Vikas Menghwani, Justin Stoler, Alexandra Brewis, Joshua D. Miller, Cassandra L. Workman, Ellis Adjei Adams, Amber L. Pearson, Ashley Hagaman, Amber Wutich, Sera L. Young, and the HWISE-RCN. “Variations in household water affordability and water insecurity: An intersectional perspective from 18 low- and middle-income countries.” Environment and Planning F. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/26349825231156900
  • Chunga, Brighton A., David Mkwambisi, Cassandra L. Workman, Francis de los
    Reyes & Rochelle H. Holm. “Educating sanitation professionals: Moving from STEM to specialist training in higher education in Malawi.” Waterlines. 41(3):1-13. https://doi.org/10.3362/1756-3488.22-00662 
  • Méndez-Barrientos, Linda E., Amanda Fencl, Cassandra L. Workman, & Sameer H. Shah. “Race, citizenship, and belonging in the pursuit of water and climate justice in California.” Environment and Planning E. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486221133282
2022
  • Choudhary, Neetu, Alexandra Brewis, Amber Wutich, Melissa Beresford & Cassandra L. Workman. “Water, economic systems, and mental health: A review of theorized relationships.” CABI Reviews. Published online 12 Oct. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews202217042
  • Wutich, Amber, Melissa Beresford, Theresa Montoya, Lucero Radonic, and Cassandra L. Workman (authors alphabetical after first). “Water Security and Scarcity.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Published online 23 March. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190854584.013.475
  • Boateng, Godfred O., Cassandra L. Workman, Joshua D. Miller, Maricianah Onono, Torsten B. Neilands & Sera L. Young. “The syndemic effects of food insecurity, water insecurity, and HIV on postpartum depression among Kenyan women” Social Science & Medicine. 295: 113043. Published online 15 May 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113043
  • Workman, Cassandra L. “News & Views: Syndemics and Global Health.” Nature Human Behaviour. 6(1): 25-26. (Editor-reviewed, invited). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01249-8
2021
  • Workman, Cassandra L., Maryann R. Cairns, Francis L. de los Reyes & Matthew E. Verbyla. “Global WaSH Approaches: Anthropological Contributions and Future Directions for Engineering” Environmental Engineering Science. 38(5), 402-417 https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2020.0321
  • Workman, Cassandra L. Justin Stoler, Angela Harris, Ayse Ercumen, Josh Kearns & Kenneth M. Mapunda. “Food, water, and sanitation insecurities: Complex linkages and implications for achieving WASH security.” Global Public Health. 17(11):3060-3075. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1971735
  • Workman, Cassandra L. Alexandra Brewis, Amber Wutich, Sera Young, Justin Stoler & Josh Kearns. “Biopsychosocial Health Outcomes of Syndemic Food and Water Insecurity: Applications for Global Health.” American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 104(1): 8–11. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0513
  • Miller, Joshua D., Workman, Cassandra L., Sarita Vijay Panchang, Gretchen Sneegas, Ellis A. Adams, Sera L. Young & Amanda L. Thompson. “Water security and nutrition: current knowledge and research opportunities.” Advances in Nutrition. 12(6):2525-2539. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab075
  • Stoler, Justin, Joshua D Miller, Alexandra Brewis, Matthew Freeman, Leila Harris, Wendy Jepson, Amber L Pearson, Asher Y. Rosinger, Sameer Shah, Chad Staddon, Cassandra L. Workman, Amber Wutich, Sera L. Young & the Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network. “Household Water Insecurity Will Complicate COVID-19 Prevention and Response: Evidence from 29 Sites in 23 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 234: 113715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113715
  • Stoler J, Miller JD, Adams EA, Ahmed F, Alexander M, Asiki G, Balogun M, Boivin MJ, Brewis A, Carrillo G, Chapman K, Cole S, Collins SM, Escobar-Vargas J, Eini-Zinab H, Freeman MC, Ghorbani M, Hagaman A, Hawley N, Jamaluddine Z, Jepson WE, Krishnakumar D, Maes K, Mathad J, Maupin J, Owuor PM, Morales MM, Morán-Martínez J, Omidvar N, Pearson AL, Rasheed S, Rosinger AY, Samayoa-Figueroa L, Sánchez-Rodríguez EC, Santoso MV, Schuster RC, Sheikhi M, Srivastava S, Staddon C, Sullivan A, Tesfaye Y, Trowell A, Tshala-Katumbay D, Tutu RA, Workman CL, Wutich A, Young SL. 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. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2021.108
2020
  • Brewis, Alexandra, Cassandra L. Workman, Amber Wutich, Wendy Jepson, Sera L. Young, & the HWISE-RCN. “Household Water Insecurity is Strongly Associated with Food Insecurity: Evidence from 27 Sites in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” American Journal of Human Biology e23309; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23309
  • Meehan, Katie, Wendy Jepson, Leila M. Harris, Amber Wutich, Melissa Beresford, Amanda Fencl, Johnathan London, Gregory Pierce, Lucero Randonic, Christian Wells, Nicole Wilson…Cassandra L. Workman & Sera Young [author #22/23, alpha after #11]. “Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global North: a critical review.” WIREs Water. 7:e1486. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1486
2019
  • Workman, Cassandra L. “Ebbs and flows of authority: Water resource management, decentralization and development in Lesotho.” Water. 11(184); https://doi.org/10.3390/w11020184
  • Workman, Cassandra L. “Perceptions of Drinking Water Cleanliness and Health Seeking Behaviours: A Qualitative Assessment of Household Water Safety in Lesotho, Africa.” Global Public Health. 14(9), 1347-1359. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2019.1566483
  • Brewis, Alexandra, Asher Rosinger, Amber Wutich, Ellis Adams, Lee Cronk, Amber Pearson, Cassandra Workman, Sera Young, & the HWISE Consortium. “Water sharing, reciprocity, and need: A comparative study of inter-household water transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Economic Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12143
2018
  • Wutich, Amber, Jessica Budds, Wendy Jepson, Leila Harris, Ellis Adams, Alexandra Brewis, Lee Cronk, Christine DeMyers, Kenneth Maes, Tennille Marley, Joshua Miller, Amber Pearson, Asher Rosinger, Roseanne Schuster, Justin Stoller, Chad Staddon, Polly Wiessner, Cassandra Workman & Sera Young. “Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Water 5: e1309. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1309
2017
  • Workman, Cassandra L. & Heather Ureksoy. “Water Insecurity in a Syndemic Context: Understanding the Psycho-Emotional Stress of Water Insecurity in Lesotho, Africa.” Social Science & Medicine 179:52-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.026
  • Cairns, Maryann R., Cassandra L. Workman & Indrakshi Tandon. “Gender Mainstreaming and Water Development Projects: Analyzing unexpected outcomes in Bolivia, Lesotho, and India.” Gender, Place & Culture 24(3): 325-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2017.1314945
2016
  • Workman, Cassandra L. “Food Insecurity, Water Insecurity, and HIV/AIDS Syndemic in Lesotho: Monitoring and Evaluating a “Perfect Storm.”” Practicing Anthropology 38(4): 55-58. (Editor reviewed, special issue). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26539813

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