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Citations
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2456
National Ranking
1193

Overview

Amber Wutich is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of social sciences with water access, nutrition, and health-related issues.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Practicing Anthropology
  • American Journal of Human Biology
  • Water International
  • International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Some recent papers by Amber Wutich include:

  • "Water and mental health," 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Sample Sizes for 10 Types of Qualitative Data Analysis: An Integrative Review, Empirical Guidance, and Next Steps," 2024, International Journal of Qualitative Methods

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors are:

  • Alexandra Brewis
  • Melissa Beresford
  • Cindi SturtzSreetharan
  • Wendy Jepson
  • Sarah Trainer

Amber Wutich's work spans various fields and subfields. The main field of study is social sciences. Related subfields include:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Ocean Engineering
  • General Health Professions

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Water Governance and Infrastructure
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Amber Wutich has also contributed books published by New York University Press eBooks, including works such as "Extreme Weight Loss" released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • How Many Interviews Are Enough to Identify Metathemes in Multisited and Cross-cultural Research? Another Perspective on Guest, Bunce, and Johnson’s (2006) Landmark Study:

    Ashley K. Hagaman;Amber Wutich

  • Water insecurity and emotional distress: coping with supply, access, and seasonal variability of water in a Bolivian squatter settlement.

    Amber Wutich;Kathleen Ragsdale

  • Socio‐hydrology: Use‐inspired water sustainability science for the Anthropocene

    M. Sivapalan;M. Konar;V. Srinivasan;A. Chhatre

  • Body Norms and Fat Stigma in Global Perspective

    Alexandra A. Brewis;Amber Wutich;Ashlan Falletta-Cowden;Isa Rodriguez-Soto

  • The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries.

    Sera L. Young;Godfred O. Boateng;Zeina Jamaluddine;Joshua D. Miller

  • Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: water managers' assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater

    Dave D White;Amber Wutich;Kelli L Larson;Patricia Gober

  • Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach

    Wendy Jepson;Jessica Budds;Laura Eichelberger;Leila Harris

  • Progress in household water insecurity metrics: a cross-disciplinary approach

    Wendy E. Jepson;Amber Wutich;Shalean M. Colllins;Godfred O. Boateng

  • Obesity stigma as a globalizing health challenge.

    Alexandra Brewis;Cindi SturtzSreetharan;Amber Wutich

  • Food, Water, and Scarcity Toward a Broader Anthropology of Resource Insecurity

    Amber Wutich;Alexandra Brewis

  • The challenge of understanding decisions in experimental studies of common pool resource governance

    John M. Anderies;Marco A. Janssen;François Bousquet;Juan Camillo Cardenas

  • Assessment of De Facto Wastewater Reuse across the U.S.: Trends between 1980 and 2008

    Jacelyn Rice;Amber Wutich;Paul Westerhoff

  • Intrahousehold Disparities in Women and Men's Experiences of Water Insecurity and Emotional Distress in Urban Bolivia

    Amber Wutich

  • Perceptions of climate change: Linking local and global perceptions through a cultural knowledge approach

    Beatrice Crona;Amber Wutich;Alexandra Brewis;Meredith Gartin

  • Water and mental health

    Amber Wutich;Alexandra Brewis;Alexander Tsai

  • Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review

    Katie Meehan;Wendy Jepson;Leila M. Harris;Amber Wutich

  • Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries

    Alexandra Brewis;Cassandra Workman;Amber Wutich;Wendy Jepson

  • Experience-based Measures of Food and Water Security: Biocultural Approaches to Grounded Measures of Insecurity

    Craig Hadley;Amber Wutich

  • Can Informal Water Vendors Deliver on the Promise of A Human Right to Water? Results From Cochabamba, Bolivia

    Amber Wutich;Melissa Beresford;Cinthia Carvajal

  • The Role of Social Capital in Resiliency: Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico

    Anais Delilah Roque;David Pijawka;Amber Wutich

  • Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: water managers’ assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater. Sci Public Policy

    Dave D. White;Amber Wutich;Kelli L. Larson;Patricia Gober

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra Brewis
Alexandra Brewis Arizona State University
Sera L. Young
Sera L. Young Northwestern University
Kelli L. Larson
Kelli L. Larson Arizona State University
Patricia Gober
Patricia Gober Arizona State University
Beatrice Crona
Beatrice Crona Stockholm University
Paul Westerhoff
Paul Westerhoff Arizona State University
Christopher A. Scott
Christopher A. Scott University of Arizona
Michael J. Boivin
Michael J. Boivin Michigan State University
Stefan Stieger
Stefan Stieger Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco

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