{"id":2156,"date":"2019-04-18T20:24:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/?page_id=2156"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:01:42","slug":"cassandra-workman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/faculty-staff\/cassandra-workman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassandra Workman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CassieWorkman.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2143 \" src=\"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CassieWorkman-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"140\"><\/a>Associate Professor<br \/>\nMedical Anthropology<br \/>\nPh.D. University of South Florida, 2013<br \/>\nGraham 443<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:clworkma@uncg.edu\"><span class=\"gI\"><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"go\">clworkma@uncg.edu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Workman-2020-CV.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Biocultural medical anthropology<\/li>\n<li>Applied anthropology<\/li>\n<li>Environmental anthropology<\/li>\n<li>International development<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water insecurity and water, sanitation &amp; hygiene (WaSH)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food insecurity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syndemic theory<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Courses Taught<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>ATY 113: Engaging Culture<\/li>\n<li>ATY 259 Pandemics, Plagues, and Outbreaks<\/li>\n<li>ATY 311: Reading Culture and Society<\/li>\n<li>ATY 362: Methods in Cultural Anthropology<\/li>\n<li>ATY 459 Anthropology of WASH<\/li>\n<li>ATY 465 Medical Anthropology<\/li>\n<li>ATY 469 Anthropology of Infectious Disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Personal Statement<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a biocultural anthropologist, I am interested in looking at the ways in which humans are impacted biologically, psycho-emotionally and socially, by food insecurity and water and sanitation (WaSH) insecurity. &nbsp;In order to understand these complex interactions, I engage medical anthropology, environmental anthropology and other scientific disciplines such as public health and hydrology. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods in my research and have conducted research in Lesotho and Tanzania, Africa, as well as in eastern North Carolina. &nbsp;In addition to conducting scholarly research, I have worked in international development for donor organizations and implementing partners in Mozambique, Tanzania, and South Sudan.&nbsp; I draw on both my research and my professional experience in international development to demonstrate the applicability of anthropology to addressing pressing global issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019<\/span> <b>Workman, Cassandra L.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cEbbs and flows of authority: Water resource <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">management, decentralization and development in Lesotho.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11(184); <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:10.3390\/w11020184 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019<\/span> <b>Workman, Cassandra L.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cPerceptions of Drinking Water Cleanliness and Health Seeking Behaviours: A Qualitative Assessment of Household Water Safety in Lesotho, Africa.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Public Health. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1-13.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI: 10.1080\/17441692.2019.1566483.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brewis, Alexandra, Asher Rosinger, Amber Wutich, Ellis Adams, Lee Cronk, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Pearson, <\/span><b>Cassandra Workman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sera Young, and the HWISE <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consortium. \u201cWater Sharing, reciprocity, and need: A comparative study of inter-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">household water transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Economic Anthropology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOI:10.1002\/sea2.12143 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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, <\/span><b>Cassandra Workman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Sera Young. \u201cHousehold water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Water <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5: e1309<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairns, Maryann R., <\/span><b>Cassandra L. Workman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Indrakshi Tandon. \u201cGender Mainstreaming and Water Development Projects: Analyzing unexpected outcomes in Bolivia, Lesotho, and India.\u201d &nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gender, Place &amp; Culture <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24(3): 325-342.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017<\/span> <b>Workman, Cassandra L.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Heather Ureksoy. \u201cWater Insecurity in a Syndemic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Context: Understanding the Psycho-Emotional Stress of Water Insecurity in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lesotho, Africa.\u201d &nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Science &amp; Medicine <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">179:52-60.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016<\/span> <b>Workman, Cassandra L.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cFood Insecurity, Water Insecurity, and HIV\/AIDS Syndemic in Lesotho: Monitoring and Evaluating a \u201cPerfect Storm.\u201d\u201d &nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practicing Anthropology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 38(4): 55-58. (Editor reviewed)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Current Projects<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have two ongoing research projects. &nbsp;The first explores the effect food insecurity, water insecurity, and lack of adequate sanitation on human health and wellbeing in Tanzania. &nbsp;I collected preliminary data for this in spring of 2018 and plan to return to Tanzania in 2020 for a larger study. This project includes anthropological methods as well as advanced statistical modeling and engineering technologies to assess the multi-scale drivers of household water insecurity. &nbsp;I have partnered with engineers from the Global WaSH Cluster at NC State and faculty from the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania to conduct this research. The second project is here in North Carolina. With colleagues from East Carolina University, we are exploring the risk and resilience of North Carolinians to environmental hazards such as increased hurricane-related flooding due to a changing climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Photo Gallery<\/h3>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Medical Anthropology Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2013 Graham 443 clworkma@uncg.edu Curriculum Vitae Research Interests Biocultural medical anthropology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":38,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2156\/revisions\/3295"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthropology.uncg.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}