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Planning Now for the Disasters of Tomorrow
EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Saturday, August 10, 2024
OVERVIEW: “Disasters know no boundary lines. Floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, conflict — they happen anywhere and everywhere on . . .
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How heat and a hurricane combined for misery in Houston
EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
FEATURED IN: E&E News by Politico — Friday, July 19, 2024
OVERVIEW: “Compound disasters such as hurricanes and heat waves are increasingly testing Texas and other states along the Gulf of Mexico, said Jennifer Trivedi, . . .
“‘There’s a phrase people use: “There’s’ no such thing as a natural disaster,”‘ Trivedi said. ‘Really what we mean by that is there is always some sort of human intervention, human decision-making, human structures that are shaping the systems that really ramp a hazard into a disaster.’ […]”
“At the same time, experts say equitable citywide access to cooling centers and other emergency resources is crucial for protecting vulnerable populations when the lights do go out. And, in the long term, building up climate resilience in socially vulnerable communities is key to better outcomes when disasters strike. ‘It really is an equity question,’ Trivedi said. ‘That’s something that has to be part of these conversations.’ […]”
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Evacuating is expensive. Recovery is long and hard.
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: Perci — Monday, September 18, 2023
OVERVIEW: “Jennifer Trivedi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology is Core Faculty at University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center. She studies “the people . . .
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Planning Now for the Disasters of Tomorrow
EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Saturday, August 10, 2024
OVERVIEW: “Disasters know no boundary lines. Floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, conflict — they happen anywhere and everywhere on our planet. It’s why the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center (DRC) has a global reach, and it’s why that reach has global impact. You could see both DRC’s reach and impact during a daylong workshop for graduate students, held during its 60th anniversary celebration earlier this year. The study and work those students were doing will help policy makers and leaders around the world prepare for disasters of the future.”…
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How heat and a hurricane combined for misery in Houston
EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
FEATURED IN: E&E News by Politico — Friday, July 19, 2024
OVERVIEW: “Compound disasters such as hurricanes and heat waves are increasingly testing Texas and other states along the Gulf of Mexico, said Jennifer Trivedi, an expert on disaster vulnerability at the University of Delaware. […]”
“‘There’s a phrase people use: “There’s’ no such thing as a natural disaster,”‘ Trivedi said. ‘Really what we mean by that is there is always some sort of human intervention, human decision-making, human structures that are shaping the systems that really ramp a hazard into a disaster.’ […]”
“At the same time, experts say equitable citywide access to cooling centers and other emergency resources is crucial for protecting vulnerable populations when the lights do go out. And, in the long term, building up climate resilience in socially vulnerable communities is key to better outcomes when disasters strike. ‘It really is an equity question,’ Trivedi said. ‘That’s something that has to be part of these conversations.’ […]”
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Evacuating is expensive. Recovery is long and hard.
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: Perci — Monday, September 18, 2023
OVERVIEW: “Jennifer Trivedi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology is Core Faculty at University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center. She studies “the people part of disasters. How people make decisions before, during and after a disaster and what influences those decisions – their personal histories and circumstances as well as larger social and cultural contexts they find themselves in.” She spoke with us recently. Here are edited excerpts from our conversation.” …
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This N.J. town erected barriers to hold back the sea. A public fight erupted.
EXPERT: A.R. Siders
FEATURED IN: Washington Post — Friday, August 18, 2023
OVERVIEW: NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. — From atop the local lifeguard headquarters, Mayor Patrick Rosenello looks out over the shrinking shoreline of his hometown.
To the north, past the kaleidoscope of umbrellas that dot the beach, he can see the massive bulkheads the city has installed to hold back the encroaching sea — the same ones at the heart of an ongoing fight with the state, which has sued North Wildwood and fined it more than $8.5 million for that and other work it says was unauthorized, misguided and destructive.
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A history of Hawaii’s sirens and the difference it could have made against Maui fires
EXPERT: Sarah Elizabeth DeYoung
FEATURED IN: National Public Radio (NPR) — Monday, August 14, 2023
OVERVIEW: DRC Core Faculty contributed to this recent article on the key factors that should be considered in warning systems in the context of the #MauiFires
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Friday Fellow Feature: Tykeara Mims
EXPERT: Sarabeth Lowe
FEATURED IN: The Bill Anderson Fund — Friday, August 4, 2023
OVERVIEW: Our featured fellow for August is TyKeara Mims, a DrPH student studying Epidemiology at Texas A&M University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Spelman College and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Community Health Education (epidemiology minor) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. …
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A Caribbean island’s quest to become the world’s first climate-resilient nation
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: BBC — Wednesday, April 19, 2023
OVERVIEW: … “This element of neighbourly communication is hugely important for early warning systems, says Jennifer Trivedi, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center. ‘Often, when I ask people in the field where they heard about an incoming hurricane, or changing floodwaters, they talk about hearing it from friends or neighbours,’ she says. ‘Someone knocked on their door. A friend called their house. They heard about it at church. Those networks are essential because people know them, they trust them.’ This intricate communication chain provides important layers to reach people in more ways, she adds, over and above warnings sent to smartphones. ‘We can’t expect that will be the only warning system. Many people around the world don’t have [a smartphone], don’t use all its capabilities, or maybe they’re in an area that doesn’t get a signal as well.'”…
…”For Trivedi, habitability ultimately hinges on cooperation between people on many different levels – from local cultural decision-making to international policy changes. ‘Keeping areas habitable is a decision that has to be made not only in local city halls, but also in spaces like the United Nations.'”…
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How I Teach – Anthropology
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Tuesday, April 11, 2023
OVERVIEW: “How I Teach – Anthropology” featuring Dr. Kedron Thomas and speaking with Dr. Jennifer Trivedi. “An applied anthropologist, Trivedi said she wants her students — regardless of their class year or major — to learn the fundamentals of the discipline and, most importantly, how they can use that knowledge in their daily lives.”
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What Happened to Us
EXPERT: Valerie Marlowe
FEATURED IN: New York Times Magazine — Wednesday, February 22, 2023
OVERVIEW: Quoted in an article re: Columbia’s COVID-19 Oral History Project
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Covid Hazard Pay Has Ripple Effects in Today’s Overtime Cases
EXPERT: Jennifer Trivedi
FEATURED IN: Bloomberg Law — Tuesday, July 26, 2022
OVERVIEW: Potential wage-and-hour liability exposure persists for employers that provided additional wages in response to the pandemic, even as Covid-19 hazard pay has mostly dried up. …
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How are professors coping with the sudden campus closure?
EXPERT: Jenn Trivedi
FEATURED IN: The Review — Friday, March 20, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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FEMA, once focused on storms, will lead virus response
EXPERT: James Kendra
FEATURED IN: Climatewire — Friday, March 20, 2020
OVERVIEW: James Kendra of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware shares how coronavirus may impact FEMA.
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The state of COVID-19 testing in Delaware
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Public Media — Thursday, March 19, 2020
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Known For Disaster Aid, FEMA Prepares For New Challenge With Coronavirus Relief
EXPERT: James Kendra
FEATURED IN: NPR — Thursday, March 19, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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The Case For Not Panic Buying A Gun
EXPERT: Joe Trainor
FEATURED IN: LA List — Wednesday, March 18, 2020
OVERVIEW: As coronavirus continues to upend our lives, there are some people who are rushing to buy toilet paper (unnecessarily) and rice. Others are trying to get a hold of essential medicines. And some are running to buy guns. …
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The case for not panic buying a gun
EXPERT: Joseph Trainor
FEATURED IN: LAist.com — Wednesday, March 18, 2020
OVERVIEW: “We tend to come together as humans and work together and help each other and try to work towards the collective good,” said Joseph Trainor, sociologist at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware.
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Communicating COVID-19: Be Transparent.
EXPERT: James Kendra
FEATURED IN: School CEO Magazine — Tuesday, March 17, 2020
OVERVIEW: Dr. James Kendra has studied the response to several of the most prominent international disasters of the past two decades: the waterborne evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, just to name a few. The current Director of the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center, Kendra specializes in leaderships’ response to disaster—and how organizations can bounce back stronger. …
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Preventing the spread of COVID-19 in hotels
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Lodging Magazine — Tuesday, March 17, 2020
OVERVIEW: As hotels prepare for the spread of COVID-19, there are some precautions managers and staff can take to improve guest and employee health and safety, write Sheryl F. Kline, Jennifer Horney of the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center, and Katie Kirsch.
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Coronavirus is spreading panic. Here’s the science behind why
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: NationalGeographic.com — Tuesday, March 17, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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People who didn’t know they had COVID-19 drove its spread in China
EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: ScienceNews.org — Tuesday, March 17, 2020
OVERVIEW:
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