I respond to selected media inquiries and publish works, invited and proposed, in a range of media outlets because I think it is important that our expertise be accessible to larger audiences in different ways. For more information or how to contact me for media inquires, check out my Expert File page.
Selected Media Publications
2025. G. Kuleta, editor. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. Featured Q&A: How Prepared Is the Region to Face Hurricanes? Latin America Advisor, The Dialogue. 9/29.
“Combined with the risks of other hazards, it is critical that nations consider varied levels of disaster-specific preparedness, but also larger social contexts and resource access.”
2024. L. Caldera, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. Cities with the Most (& Least) Climate Risk Today. 11/11.
2024. L. Caldera, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. States with the Most Climate Risk Today. 11/11.
2024. N. Paulus, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. Protect Your Home and Family from Tornado Damages. MoneyGeek. 5/22.
2023. N. Paulus, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. Protecting Your Home Against Hurricane Damages. MoneyGeek. 12/5. Updated 5/22/24.
2023. A. Cruz, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. U.S. Hurricane Facts and Statistics. MoneyGeek. 12/5. Updated 5/22/24.
2023. J. E. Bernhardt, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. The State with the Most Hurricane Risk May Surprise You; It Isn’t Florida. MoneyGeek. 12/5.
2023. N. Paulus, full article author. J. Trivedi, Invited Expert. US Catastrophes: Facts, Trends,and Impact. MoneyGeek. D12/5. Updated 5/22/24.
2020. J. Trivedi. Clemson’s powerful football coach fumbles on coronavirus. Market Watch. 4/6.
2020. J. Trivedi. Biloxi’s 15-year recovery from Hurricane Katrina offers lessons for other coastal cities. The Conversation. 8/25. Also appeared online on Next City, PBS News Hour, Prevention Web, U.S. News & World Report, and other media sites.
2017. J. Trivedi. Football has long shaped disaster recovery. Delaware Voices. The News Journal (print) and Delaware Online. 10/5.
Selected Media Appearances
2025. M. Jordan. These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They’re Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories. Rolling Stone. 8/29.
2025. S. Schmidt. Thousands of PECO Customers Still Without Power as Dangerous Heat Wave Intensifies. WHYY. 6/23. Also broadcast on radio on WHYY on 6/23.
2025. K. Hunter. Trump Thinks FEMA Should Go Away. Did the Agency Do Its Job [in] Georgia in 2024? Ledger-Enquirer. 3/3.
2025. J. Cholakovska. Texas is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters. Public Health Watch. 1/15.
“‘When a compound disaster strikes, we don’t only have multiple ongoing disasters, but disasters that start to bounce back and forth on one another,’ said Jennifer Trivedi, a core faculty member at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center. ‘[They] impact the ways that people might adapt or recover, which further complicates the situation. This is particularly true for people who are already vulnerable.’”
2024. D. Stopyra. Safekeeping: Blue Hen Advice for Disaster Survival. UD Magazine on UDaily. 11/22.
2024. D. Stopyra. How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse and Other Disasters. UD Magazine on UDaily. 11/21.
2024. B. Miller. Planning Now for the Disasters of Tomorrow. UDaily. 8/9.
2024. C. Harvey. How Heat and a Hurricane Combined for Misery in Houston. E&E News. 7/19. Republished in Scientific American on 7/20.
2024. B. Cassidy. Crying Wolf in an Age of Alarms: The human costs of faulty disaster warnings. Nautilus. 5/15.
2023. Perci Team. Evacuating is expensive. Recovery is long and hard. Perci. 9/18.
2023. J. A. Kentish. A Caribbean island's quest to become the world's first climate-resilient nation. BBC. 4/19.
“‘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.’"
2022. Newsy. Recovery After Ian. Evening Debrief, 11 PM ET Hour. 10/5.
2022. R. Iafolla. Covid Hazard Pay Has Ripple Effects in Today’s Overtime Cases. Bloomberg Law. 7/26.
2022. M. Smith.Families Displaced by Hurricane Laura Face FEMA Trailer Rents They Say They Can’t Afford. The Advocate. 4/11.
2022. M. Amis. How to Prepare for Flash Floods, According to Delaware Experts. Delaware Today. 4/7.
2022. A. Ahmed. Here’s How Disaster Declarations Work—and Why Aid Takes So Long. Southerly Magazine. 2/18.
2021. E. Rushing.Hurricane Ida destroyed affordable rental units. Hundreds of families still can’t find new ones. Philadelphia Inquirer. 12/9.
2021. N. Karlis. 9/11 brought Americans together. Why is the pandemic tearing them apart? Salon. 9/10.
“‘There was really in a lot of ways, a key date and a key location that people could really focus on and kind of coalesce around,’ Trivedi said. ‘It is really hard to have a very visible, come together moment around something that’s, in some ways, so scattered.’”
2020. D. Cusick. Hurricane Delta aims for “devil's playground”. E&E News. 10/9.
2020. Podcast appearance hosted by A. Preston for “As Hurricanes Hit, We Look Back at Hurricane Katrina.” NewsCycle with Alicia Preston. 9/19.
2020. K. Adams. Nearly a third of Americans worry about having their work hours cut or losing their jobs. Marketplace, aired on NPR. 9/1.
2020. P. Bothum.Lessons from Katrina. UDaily. 8/28
2020. A. Ahmed. In Houston’s Fifth Ward, the Storm Never Stops. Texas Observer. 7/17.
2020. Podcast appearance hosted by S. Knowles. “Chiquoine, Trivedi, & Williams - Disaster Researchers' Roundtable.” COVID Calls. 5/12.
2020. A. Wagner. “This is a yo-yo.” COVID-19 hits families still suffering from Hurricane Florence. News and Observer. 5/7.
”’You’re talking about a situation where people may be facing extra costs with less money in their pocket and less availability of aid. I really worry that that combination drags out recovery even longer and makes the process even more difficult not just in terms of costs and health risks,’ said Jennifer Trivedi, an assistant professor at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center who is focused on recovery.”
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2020. K. Adams. COVID-19 prompts questions about which jobs are classed “Hazardous”. Marketplace, aired on NPR. 4/7.
2020. C. Crist. How to Support Employees with High-Risk Concerns During a COVID-19 Outbreak. Society for Human Resource Management. 3/24.
2020. Podcast appearance hosted by C. Woods. “Episode 34: Responses to COVID-19.” The Big Rhetorical Podcast. Released 3/16.
2020. Lutherans Restoring Creation. What is Our Response? Lutherans Restoring Creation Website. N.D.
2019. LAMPa. PA Sends Team to Lutheran Disaster Response Gathering Focused on Climate Change. Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania Website. 10/21.
2018. Associated Press. Researchers: less panic than expected in Hawaii after alert. Washington Post. 2/18.
2018. J. Peterson. 'Not a lot of blind panic' after Hawaii missile alert sent, UD Researcher says. Delaware Online. 2/17.
2018. A. Manser. False-Alarm Lessons. UDaily. 2/8
2014. D. Adamek.Inequality, Poverty and Disaster in America. The Mass Divide. WMUA 91.1 Amherst. Broadcast 3/25.