Trevor Memmott
Biography
Trevor Memmott is an Assistant Professor of public policy. His research focuses on inequality and material hardship, with a particular focus on energy insecurity – or how households struggle to meet their energy needs.
Area of Expertise
Energy Insecurity, Material Hardship, Inequality, Health Disparities, Natural Disasters, Climate Change
Degrees
PhD, Public Affairs, Indiana University
MPA, University of Idaho
BS, Political Science, University of Idaho
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Assessing demographic vulnerability and weather impacts on utility disconnections in California, nature.com, November 5, 2024
- Opportunities to advance research on energy insecurity, nature.com, May 26, 2023
- Utility disconnection protections and the incidence of energy insecurity in the United States, cell.com, March 17, 2023
- Mobilization momentum: A network approach to the temporality and effectiveness of environmental movements, sciencedirect.com, November 2022
- The persistence of household energy insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, iopscience.iop.org, September 2022
- Behavioral and financial coping strategies among energy-insecure households, pnas.org, August 29, 2022
- Climate Change and Energy Insecurity: A Growing Need for Policy Intervention, liebertpub.com, April 19, 2022
- Which households are energy insecure? An empirical analysis of race, housing conditions, and energy burdens in the United States, sciencedirect.com, September 2021
- Who participates in energy activism? Profiling political engagement in the United States, sciencedirect.com, July 2021
- Sociodemographic disparities in energy insecurity among low-income households before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, nature.com, January 18, 2021
Additional Information
Professor Memmott's has additional research projects on the topics of public mobilization, policy analysis, solar energy, and the disparate impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations. His work has appeared in journals such as Nature Energy, Energy Research and Social Science, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Teaching in Public Policy PhD Program
- PPOL 610 Policy and Program Evaluation
- PPOL 620 Analytic Methods for Public Policy
- PPOL 622 Public Finance and Budgeting
Teaching in the Public Administration Program
- PUBADM 621 Analytic Skills II: Research Methods