Carlee Purdum

Carlee Purdum is an assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Houston, a faculty affiliate of UH Population Health, a faculty affiliate of the Hurricane Resilience Research Institute (UH), and a faculty fellow of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University. Her work centers on vulnerable populations and institutions in disasters with a particular focus on incarcerated persons and prisons, persons with access and functional needs and healthcare institutions, as well as first responders.