2012 Brett, John Themes, Theories and Threads: Culture, Tradition and Political-Economy, In “From Margin to Centre: Re-imagining Foods, Reconsidering Identities“ (Elizabeth Finnis, ed.), Tucson: University of Arizona Press
2012 Markowitz, Lisa and John Brett, eds., U.S. Food Policy: Anthropology and Advocacy in the Public Interest, Oxfordshire: Routledge
2012 Brett, John and Lisa Markowitz, Introduction U.S. Food Policy: Anthropology and Advocacy in the Public Interest, Lisa Markowitz and John Brett, eds., U.S. Food Policy: Anthropology and Advocacy in the Public Interest, Oxfordshire: Routledge
2010 Brett, John The Political-Economics of Developing Markets versus Satisfying Food Need: Quinoa and Surplus Wheat. Food and Foodways 18 (1-2):28-42
2010 Brett, John and Lisa Markowitz, Thomas Marchione (deceased), eds. “The Public Interest and the American Food Enterprise: Anthropological Policy Insights.” Special issue of Food and Foodways 18 (1-2), March, 2010
2010 Lisa Markowitz, Brett, John “The Public Interest and the American Food Enterprise: Anthropological Policy Insights.” Introduction to the special issue of Food and Foodways 18 (1-2):1-6
2009 Scandlyn, Jean, Carrie Simon, Deborah Thomas, John Brett Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Social IN Social Vulnerability to Disasters, Brenda D. Phillips, Deborah Thomas, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike, editors, Chapter 2, Pp. 27-49. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
2009 Oviatt, Kate and John Brett The Intrinsic Link of Vulnerability to Sustainable Development IN Social Vulnerability to Disasters, Brenda D. Phillips, Deborah Thomas, Alice Fothergill and Lynn Blinn-Pike, editors, Chapter 3, Pp. 51-71. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
2008 Scandlyn, Jean, John Brett, Sharry Erzinger, Practicing Fieldwork: The Transformational Value of a Collaborative Ethnographic Field School in Ecuador. The Applied Anthropologist 28(2):204-216.
2008 Otis, Kelsey, John Brett, “Reproductive Health Care in Bolivia: Poor Quality of Care in a Decentralized System”. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health 24(1):46–53
2006 Brett, John “We Sacrifice and Eat Less” The Structural Complexities of Microfinance Participation. Human Organization 65(1):8-19
2002 Brett, J., J. Heimendinger, C. Boender, C. Morin, J. Marshall. Using Ethnography to Improve Intervention Design. American Journal of Health Promotion 16(6):331-340.