Our People
Who leads this work
CIRCol is a national network of scholars, advocates, and directly impacted researchers. Below are our core leadership team and the wider community of affiliated researchers.
Leadership Team
Core leadership
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David Ciplet
Director, CIRCol
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Amite Dominick
Co-Founder, CIRCol
Founder & President, Texas Prisons Community Advocates / 85 to Stay Alive
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Shawhin Roudbari
Co-Founder, CIRCol
Associate Professor, Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder
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Michael Clifton
Qualitative Data Coordinator, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
Lived Experience
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Bharat Venkat
Director, UCLA Heat Lab
Assistant Professor, Institute for Society and Genetics, UCLA
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Ufuoma Ovienmhada
Co-Founder, CIRCol
Project Founder, Toxic Prisons Mapping Project
Assistant Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona
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Affiliated Researchers
Scholars and collaborators across our network
Beyond CIRCol's core leadership, this national network includes leading researchers working at the intersection of incarceration and climate change. (Coming soon...)