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Naiima I Khahaifa

Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies

African & African American Studies

naiima.khahaifa@duke.edu

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Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies · 2024 - Present African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

The contradictions of carceral care work: Black correctional officers and prison reproduction in New York State

Journal Article Gender, Place & Culture · September 2, 2025 Full text Cite

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Education

State University of New York, Buffalo · 2023 Ph.D.

State University of New York, Buffalo · 2016 M.A.