Selected publications

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Contreras, S., Witkowski, K.,  Perodin, J., Remington, C.L., Headley, A.M. & Ganapati, N.E. First Responder Ladder of Community Engagement: Understanding Community Facing Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Urban Affairs. (Submitted)

Cabas, A., Lorenzo‐Velazquez, C., Abayo, N. I., Ji, C., Ramirez, J., Garcia, F. E., Perodin, J. et al. (2023). Intersectional Impacts of the 2021 Mw 7.2 Nippes, Haiti, Earthquake from Geotechnical and Social Perspectives. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Pérodin, J. (2021). Addressing Equity: How do multi-sector stakeholders define resilience and resilient cities. School of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University. Summer Research Paper.

Pérodin, J., Adefris, Z., Cruz, M., Rondon, N. M., Hermantin, L., De la Cruz, G., .Ganapati, E. N., & Ganapati, S. (2021). Reconceptualizing disaster phases through a Metis-based approach. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal.

Suri, M. R., Dery, J. L., Pérodin, J., Brassill, N., He, X., Ammons, S., ... & Goldstein, R. E. R. (2019). US farmers' opinions on the use of nontraditional water sources for agricultural activities. Environmental research, 172, 345-357.

Quirós-Alcalá, L., Wilson, S., Witherspoon, N., Murray, R., Pérodin, J., Trousdale, K., ... & Sapkota, A. (2016). Volatile organic compounds and particulate matter in child care facilities in the District of Columbia: results from a pilot study. Environmental Research, 146, 116-124.

Amoah, A. O., Witherspoon, N. O., Pérodin, J., & Paulson, J. A. (2016). Findings from a pilot environmental health intervention at early childhood centers in the District of Columbia. Journal of Public Health, 38(3), e209-e217.

Fransen, M., Pérodin, J., Hada, J., He, X., & Sapkota, A. (2013). Impact of vehicular strike on particulate matter air quality: Results from a natural intervention study in Kathmandu valley. Environmental Research, 122, 52-57.

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

2024: Southeast Florida Priority Climate Action Plan: Low Income and Disadvantaged Communities (LIDAC) Engagement. 

2022: Reconnaissance following the August 14, 2021, Haiti earthquake: perspectives from geotechnical engineering and social/political sciences. Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Report No. 073 doi:10.18118/G60090

2021: Florida Conservation Voters. 'Community Resilience, Democracy, and Environmental and Climate Justice'. Environmental Policy for Florida's Future: 2021-2022 Briefing Book.

2021: Environmental Justice Foundation. 'You Will See Who Gets the Lifeboats': Injustice on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis in the U.S.

2014: United States Agency for International Aid (2014). Evaluation of WASHPLUS: Supportive Environments for Healthy Communities Project Final Report.

CONFERENCES

2024: Eddison Electric Institute 2024 Annual Meeting. Pérodin, J. Forging Climate Solutions and Accelerating Action. 

2024: Natural Hazards Center 2024 Researchers Meeting. Contreras, S., Witkowski, K.,  Pérodin, J., Remington, C.L., Headley, A.M. & Ganapati, N.E. Understanding Community Facing Activities of First Responders Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2024: International Conference on Urban Affairs. Contreras, S., Witkowski, K.,  Pérodin, J., Remington, C.L., Headley, A.M. & Ganapati, N.E. First Responder Ladder of Community Engagement: Understanding Community Facing Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

2023: Southeastern Conference for Public Administration. Pérodin, J. A Systematic Literature Review of Social Equity in Emergency Management in Public Administration.

2023: 48th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Barry Levitt, Richard Olson, Nazife Emel Ganapati, Jose Miguel Cruz, Arturo S. Leon, Humayra Sultana, Joanne Pérodin. Public Support for Disaster Risk Reduction: Evidence from the Americas. 

2023: Southeastern Conference for Public Administration. Pérodin J. Unpacking Social Equity in Emergency Management: A Systematic Review of the Literature in Public Administration. 

2023: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Nazife Emel Ganapati, Wokeya Farha, Joanne Pérodin. Modeling community relocation interdependencies through Role Playing Games in Comerio, Puerto Rico. 

2023: Florida Atlantic University Annual Ph.D. Colloquium. Pérodin J. Social Equity and Disaster Risk Perception: The Mediating Effect of Trust. 

2022: Natural Hazards Center Researchers Meeting. Pérodin J. Perspectives on Disasters and Disaster Studies Session. 

2022: Conference for Minority Public Administrators. Pérodin J. Addressing equity: how do multi-sector stakeholders define resilience and resilient cities.

2014: American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Findings from an Environmental Health Intervention in Child Care Facilities in the District of Columbia.  

2011: The annual conference of International Society of Exposure Science. Fransen M., Pérodin J., He X., Sapkota A. Influence of weekdays, weekends, bandhas and weather conditions on particulate matter (PM10) concentrations in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Baltimore Maryland.   

2009: The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science. Pérodin J., Hada, J., Sapkota A. Seasonal Variability In Particulate Matter Concentration In Kathmandu Valley. Minneapolis, USA.

2009: Pérodin J. Cross-sectional evaluation of potential volatile organic compound exposures around US schools. University of Maryland, College Park.

2008: University of Maryland, Graduate Student Research Interaction Day, College Park, Maryland. Sapkota A, Nachman K, Pérodin J, Ritz B, Shenessa E. Exposure to Traffic Exhaust and Asthma Exacerbation: A Systematic Meta-Analysis.

MEDIA APPEARANCES/PUBLIC FACING EVENTS

2024: Understanding and Addressing Climate Change with The CLEO Institute. Inside South Florida.

2024: Copa América y olas de calor: ¿cómo cuidarse de las altas temperaturas? Voz de América .

2024: Environmental Justice and Philanthropy: Implementing Best Practices in Equitable Grantmaking. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 

2023: Babcock Ranch: Florida's first hurricane-proof town. BBC: Future Planet.

2023: Climate Crisis: What are we doing wrong? Doral Family Journal.

2023: Climate Change in Haiti. Beyond Vizcaya & Sant La.

2023: Climate Change + Access. Beyond Vizcaya. 

2021: 'Haiti Earthquake Reconnaissance Briefing Webinar'. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

2021: 'Climate Justice and Racial Justice Are Inextricably Linked'. Barry University Earth Week.

2021: THRIVE Act and Recovery Recess Launch. Green New Deal Network. 

2021: Mathis, E., & Pérodin, J.. There’s no climate justice without racial justice. Orlando Sentinel.

2021: Coalition touts FL clean-energy plan to protect climate and create jobs. Florida Phoenix.

2021: Biden risks first major fight with progressives. The Hill. 

2020: Advocates Want More Chemical Testing at "Mount Trashmore," the Medley Landfill. Miami News Time.

2020: Clean Energy and Social Justice Organizations Call on Governor DeSantis to Issue Moratorium on Utility Disconnections. Capital Soup.