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

David Ciplet DC

David Ciplet

Director, CIRCol
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Amite Dominick AD

Amite Dominick

Co-Founder, CIRCol
Founder & President, Texas Prisons Community Advocates / 85 to Stay Alive

Kate LeMasters KL

Kate LeMasters

Assistant Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz

Shawhin Roudbari SR

Shawhin Roudbari

Co-Founder, CIRCol
Associate Professor, Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder

Michael Clifton MC

Michael Clifton

Qualitative Data Coordinator, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
Lived Experience

Bharat Venkat BV

Bharat Venkat

Director, UCLA Heat Lab
Assistant Professor, Institute for Society and Genetics, UCLA

Ufuoma Ovienmhada UO

Ufuoma Ovienmhada

Co-Founder, CIRCol
Project Founder, Toxic Prisons Mapping Project
Assistant Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona

Bob Eisenman BE

Bob Eisenman

Success Coach at FreeWorld
Qualitative Social Science Researcher, Lived Experience

Julianne Skarha JS

Julianne Skarha

Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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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...)