Jennifer (Skrmetti) Trivedi
Background:
"I am a fourth year socio-cultural anthropology graduate student beginning work on my Ph.D. I am interested in disasters in a variety of ways including public knowledge of FEMA, how FEMA works, economics, media portrayals, long-term recovery, psychological impact, public understandings of causality, and vulnerability. Currently I am looking at questions related to Hurricane Katrina, particularly in Biloxi, Mississippi and national perception of the event. I earned my bachelor's degree in history (with a minor in anthropology) from the University of Georgia in May 2004 and my Master's degree from the University of Iowa in anthropology in May 2007. My master's research focused on the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on how the casino industry and hurricanes are discussed in local media of Biloxi which is currently pending publication as a peer-reviewed chapter in "The Political Economy of Hazards and Disasters." I currently reside in Iowa City with my husband, Amish Trivedi, a University of Iowa employee, poet, and literary critic. In my spare time, I am a painter whose artwork can be found online at http://www.freewebs.com/jennifertrivediart/"
