Biography

Jennifer (Jenn) Trivedi is a faculty member in UD’s Department of Anthropology and a core faculty member in the Disaster Research Center (DRC). Her research – independently and as part of interdisciplinary teams - has examined the impacts of compounding disasters in the American South, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, hurricane evacuation decision making and timing, varied cultural aspects of disasters, long-term recovery processes, and catastrophic surprise. Dr. Trivedi has a book out with Lexington Books, Mississippi after Katrina: Disaster Recovery & Reconstruction on the Gulf Coast, examining the cultural-historical context in long-term recovery from Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi. She has been part of teams funded by various NSF grants. She received her Ph.D. and MA in Anthropology from the University of Iowa, her AB in History from the University of Georgia, and was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the DRC from 2016 to 2018.

Research Interests

disaster anthropology, applied anthropology, cultural and historical contexts of disasters, concurrent and compounding disasters, surprises in disasters, historic cycles of disasters, inequality, inequity, and risk, disaster perception and memory, anthropology’s role in interdisciplinary and public work and outreach, disaster vulnerability, response, recovery, resilience, and decision making, long-term disaster recovery

Degrees

• ​PhD, University of Iowa, (2016)
• MA, University of Iowa, (2007)
• BA, University of Georgia, (2004)
   

Appointments 

Main: Department of Anthropology (CAS) Core Faculty

Member: Disaster Research Center

Joint Affiliation: Biden School

Websites

Jenn's Personal Website