Dr. Naiima Khahaifa: Human bonds hidden behind prison walls

Dr. Naiima Khahaifa’s (AAAS) research explores solidarities and tensions that emerge, particularly between Black incarcerated men and Black women correctional officers, and how care exists in spaces like prisons, which are often defined by violence and masculinity. This fall, Dr. Khahaifa will teach two courses offered for the first time at Duke: Carceral Geographies, which explains mass incarceration in the United States, and Black Geographies, which explores borders, boundaries and Blackness in the U.S. Learn more