Sameena Mulla

Sameena Mulla is an Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University. Her research examines intersections of law, healthcare, and gender-based violence, with a focus on racialized power dynamics. She has authored two major books: *The Violence of Care* (2014) and *Bodies in Evidence* (2021, co-authored with Heather Hlavka). Current projects include NSF-funded research on civilian oversight of policing and its impact on racialized brutality, alongside studies of sentencing hearings and state surveillance of Black kinship systems.

Mulla’s work bridges ethnography, feminist theory, and critical race studies. She collaborates with scholars like Ramona Pérez and Kevin Karpiak on policing reforms and co-edits *Feminist Anthropology*. Her research critiques carceral logics and advocates for abolitionist frameworks in addressing violence.

Her academic contributions span over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, focusing on forensic evidence practices, courtroom adjudication, and the material consequences of racialized legal systems. Mulla’s teaching emphasizes collaborative feminist methodologies and decolonial epistemologies.