Assistant Professor of Social Work in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota
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About
Ceema Samimi is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. Their interests include social welfare policy, critical research methods, restorative practices, community organizing, youth work, power, and decolonizing social work. They are interested in employing critical and community-based methodologies to examine how youth are impacted by exclusion and the role of social work in that exclusion. They have a BA in political science from the University of Colorado, a MSSW from Columbia University, an MPA from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a PhD from the University of Denver.
Current Work:
Dr. Samimi's research examines the intersections of service organizations, societal systems, criminalization, and race, and how these intersections impact young people. Dr. Samimi believes that institutions such as the U.S. education system are responsible for uplifting the power of young people and that the school-to-prison pipeline is one of the most egregious displays of youth disempowerment. They use frameworks including critical race theory, the panopticon, and abolition to inform their research, teaching, and action.
Research Area Keyword(s):
youth; power; abolition; policing; surveillance
