Sarah K Bowen

Addressing and preventing food and housing insecurity among college students: An asset-based approach

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(2), 135–153.

Beyond Dietary Acculturation: How Latina Immigrants Navigate Exclusionary Systems to Feed Their Families

Social Problems, 6, spad013.

Improving Unequal Food Access Requires Understanding and Addressing the Social Inequalities That Contribute to It

American Journal of Public Health, 113(4), 353–355.

Rural Food Insecurity: A Longitudinal Analysis of Low-Income Rural Households with Children in the South

RSF-THE RUSSELL SAGE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, 8(3), 50–77.

“I have to be the example”: Motherhood as a lens for understanding physical activity among low-income women

Journal of Leisure Research, 53(4), 575–594.

Disenfranchised: How Lower Income Mothers Navigated the Social Safety Net during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 7, 237802312110316.

Everyday Eating in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden: A Comparative Study of Meal Patterns 1997-2012

Bowen, S. (2021, January). CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS, Vol. 50, pp. 49–52.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Experiences of Food Insecurity Across Place: A Qualitative Research Protocol

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, 160940692110624.

The structural roots of food insecurity: How racism is a fundamental cause of food insecurity

Sociology Compass, 15(7).

‘There’s Not a Magic Wand’: How Rural Community Health Leaders Perceive Issues Related To Access to Healthy Foods And Physical Activity Across The Ecological Spectrum

Journal of Rural and Community Development, 16(2), 23–42.

Disenfranchised: Families Facing Food Insecurity in the United States

The Sociological Review Magazine, 10.

Partners at Play: Engaging Parks and Recreation Departments in Extension’s Health Promotion Work

Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 8(3), 177–199.

Social Eating 2.0

Gastronomica, 20(3), 43–45.

The Four Domain Food Insecurity Scale (4D-FIS): development and evaluation of a complementary food insecurity measure

TRANSLATIONAL BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 10(6), 1255–1265.

This is a Year to Break Holiday Traditions

Bowen, S., Hardison-Moody, A., & Cryer-Coupet, Q. (2020, November 24). The News & Observer.

Unequally vulnerable: a food justice approach to racial disparities in COVID-19 cases

AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES, 37(3), 535–536.

Want to Fight Rising Food Insecurity? Listen to People Who’ve Been Hungry

Bowen, S., Hardison-Moody, A., & Elliott, S. (2020, May 8). https://civileats.com/2020/05/08/want-to-fight-rising-food-insecurity-listen-to-the-people-whove-experienced-hunger/.

A Heartbreaking Choice for Moms—Food or a Family’s Future

Bowen, S., Elliott, S., & Hardison-Moody, A. (2019, August 21). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/opinion/public-charge-rule.html

How Real Families Use Food Stamps

Bowen, S., Elliott, S., & Brenton, J. (2019, April 25). Politico. https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2019/04/25/food-assistance-programs-snap-funding-000894

Learning to eat the “right” way: examining nutrition socialization from the perspective of immigrants and refugees

Food, Culture & Society, 23(1), 46–65.

Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won’t Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It

New York: Oxford University Press.

Terroir in Transition: Environmental Change in the Wisconsin Artisanal Cheese and New England Oyster Sectors

SUSTAINABILITY, 11(10).

Why Ditching Processed Foods Won’t Be Easy—Barriers to Cooking from Scratch

Bowen, S., Elliott, S., & Brenton, J. (2019, May 24). https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/24/725470305/opinion-why-ditching-processed-foods-wont-be-easy-the-barriers-to-cooking-from-s

Defending Motherhood: Morality, Responsibility, and Double Binds in Feeding Children

JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, 80(2), 499–520.

How Social, Cultural, and Economic Environments Shape Infant Feeding for Low-Income Women: A Qualitative Study in North Carolina

JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS, 118(10), 1886-+.

If Congress Changes Food Stamp Requirements, Kids Will Go Hungry

Bowen, S., Elliott, S., & Hardison-Moody, A. (2018, July 1). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/opinion/if-congress-changes-food-stamp-requirements-kids-will-go-hungry.html

Incorporating Online and In-person Book Clubs into Sociology Courses

TEACHING SOCIOLOGY, 46(3), 262–273.

Relationship of food insecurity to women’s dietary outcomes: a systematic review

Nutrition Reviews, 76(12), 910–928.

The Joy of Cooking?

In Gender, Sexuality, and Intimacy: A Contexts Reader (pp. 317–320).

To Close America's Diet Gap, We Must Recognize Food as a Human Right

Elliott, S., Bowen, S., & Brenton, J. (2018, July 21). The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/21/us-food-insecurity-human-right

To Fix Raleigh’s Public Transportation System, Understand How It’s Broken

Bowen, S. (2018, August 25). The News & Observer.

Attending the Nobel Prize Ceremony After Trump Snubbed the Winners

Bowen, S., & Nance, M. (2017, December 20). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/opinion/nobel-ceremony-trump-snub.html

Black and Latino Urban Food Desert Residents’ Perceptions of Their Food Environment and Factors That Influence Food Shopping Decisions

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 12(3), 375–393.

Marking time in ethnography: Uncovering temporal dispositions

ETHNOGRAPHY, 18(4), 556–576.

Restricting What Recipients of SNAP Benefits Eat Won't Fix Nutritional Issues

Bowen, S., & Elliott, S. (2017, February 17). The Hill. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/320009-restricting-what-recipients-of-snap-benefits-eat-wont-fix

Shared Use of Physical Activity Facilities Among North Carolina Faith Communities, 2013

Preventing Chronic Disease, 14(E11).

Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods

Bowen, S. (2016, May). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, Vol. 121, pp. 1974–1976.

Prevalence and covariates of food insecurity among residents of single-room occupancy housing in Chicago, IL, USA

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, 19(6), 1122–1130.

Using Community-Led Mini-Grant Projects to Increase Access to Healthy, Affordable Food and Places to be Active

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 48(7), S113–S114.

A survey of cover crop practices and perceptions of sustainable farmers in North Carolina and the surrounding region

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 30(6), 550–562.

Divided spirits: Tequila, mezcal, and the politics of production

Engaging community change: the critical role of values in asset mapping

Community Development, 46(4), 392–406.

Naturalizing neoliberalism and the de-Mexicanization of the tequila industry

ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE, 47(2), 267–283.

The Relationship Between Dietary Quality and Food Insecurity for a Sample of Low-Income Mothers

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 47(4), S99.

Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism

Bowen, S. (2015, May). CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS, Vol. 44, pp. 364–365.

Creative Solutions in Nutrition Education: Adapting and Evaluating an Intervention in Food Pantry Settings

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 46(4), S190.

Defining Mexico’s Spirit

Gastronomica, 14(4), 26–33.

Dietary Intake of Key Food and Beverage Groups Among a Diverse Sample of Low-Income and Food-Insecure Mothers

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 46(4), S162.

EFNEP Graduates' Perspectives on Social Media to Supplement Nutrition Education: Focus Group Findings From Active Users

JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR, 46(3), 203–208.

Local or localized? Exploring the contributions of Franco-Mediterranean agrifood theory to alternative food research

AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES, 31(2), 201–213.

The Joy of Cooking?

Contexts, 13(3), 20–25.

Why We Need to Rethink Home-Cooked Meals

Elliott, S., Bowen, S., & Brenton, J. (2014, October 7). National Geographic’s The Plate. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/home-cooked-meals

Wisconsin's "Happy Cows"? Articulating heritage and territory as new dimensions of locality

AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES, 31(4), 549–562.

Community and Family Food Environments: A Qualitative Approach to Childhood Obesity Research

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45(4), S78–S79.

Assessing the Viability of Social Media as a Tool to Communicate Nutrition Information

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 44(4), S89.

Las Indicaciones Geográficas, la Globalización, y el Desarrollo Territorial: El Caso del Tequila

Agroalimentaria, 18(34), 91–103.

The Paradox of Protection: National Identity, Global Commodity Chains, and the Tequila Industry

SOCIAL PROBLEMS, 59(1), 70–93.

New rural livelihoods or museums of production? Quality food initiatives in practice

JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES, 27(1), 73–82.

The Importance of Place: Re-territorialising Embeddedness

SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS, 51(4), 325–348.

Development from Within? The Potential for Geographical Indications in the Global South

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 13(2), 231–252.

Embedding Local Places in Global Spaces: Geographical Indications as a Territorial Development Strategy

RURAL SOCIOLOGY, 75(2), 209–243.

TERROIR: A FRENCH CONVERSATION WITH A TRANSNATIONAL FUTURE

CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES, Vol. 14, pp. 139–148.

Geographical indications, terroir, and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability: The case of tequila

JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES, 25(1), 108–119.

Creating the taste of place in the United States: can we learn from the French?

GeoJournal, 73(1), 23–30.

Designations of origin and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability: The case of tequila in Mexico

Cahiers Agricultures, 17(6).

Dénominations d’Origine et Durabilité Socioéconomique et Écologique: Le Cas de Tequila

Cahiers Agricultures, 17(6), 552–560.

Reverse leasing and power dynamics among blue agave farmers in western Mexico

Agriculture and Human Values, 24(4), 473–488.

Disproportionality as a Framework for Linking Social and Biophysical Systems

Society & Natural Resources, 19(2), 153–173.