MAYA SINGHAL
is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and the Watson Institute at Brown University.
Their work is broadly about how people navigate violence across generations. More specifically, their recent research deals with crime, capital, and mutual aid in African and Chinese diasporic populations. Maya's current book project is an ethnographic and historical study of African American and Chinese American self- and community defense in New York City and the histories of extralegal neighborhood protection (e.g. gangs, neighborhood patrols and associations, etc.) that inform these present-day efforts towards safety.
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Maya completed their PhD in anthropology at Harvard University. In addition to teaching in Department of Anthropology at Harvard, they also taught in the Management Communication Program in the Stern School of Business at New York University. Maya holds MA degrees in anthropology from Harvard University, the social sciences from the University of Chicago, and humanities and social thought from NYU. They received their undergraduate degree in social and cultural analysis from NYU.
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