J. Carlee Purdum, Ph.D.
As a Sociologist studying the prison industrial complex and disasters, my research focuses on establishing connections between the policing, punishment, and incarceration and the increasing impacts of hazards and disasters in an era of climate change. Previous major research projects have focused on 1) the role of incarcerated workers in local emergencies (incarcerated firefighters and EMTs) and disasters (wildfires, hurricanes, hazardous materials incidents, COVID19, etc.) and the subsequent human rights and environmental justice concerns, 2) the criminalization of emergency protective actions taken by incarcerated persons in the context of disasters, and 3) the absence of protections for incarcerated persons in emergencies and disasters. Current projects included 1) the social and public health impacts of extreme temperatures in Texas Prisons due to the lack of systemic temperature regulation (air-conditioning) and the impact of COVID19 on incarcerated persons in Texas within the context of extreme temperatures, 2) the impact of flooding and hurricanes to incarcerated persons and 3) the relationship between community planners and emergency management stakeholders in mitigating the impact of hazards to incarcerated persons. I use a variety of research methods and data to examine these topics including analysis of prison and disaster policy, survey collection, qualitative interviewing, ethnographic methods, secondary data analysis of historic and recent news articles, reports, and other publications. Find out more from my CV below. Thanks!
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