Toby Smith

Toby Smith (he/him/his) is a PhD Candidate in the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis, concurrently serving as a Grad Researcher at the Feminist Research Institute and a Research Fellow at the Initiative on Racial Capitalism. Based in Cruess Hall 224A, his academic work bridges critical geography, political theory, and social justice movements.

His research centers on Racial Capitalism and Abolition through intersecting lenses of Black Feminism, Infrastructure studies, and Carcerality, with significant focus on Homelessness, Housing justice, and Policing. Additional expertise spans Climate Change adaptation, Mobility Justice (including Bicycles as political infrastructure), and Revolutionary Art & Organizing practices within Feminist Geography frameworks.

Smith actively participates in the Critical Militarization, Policing & Surveillance Studies Research Cluster; Critical Wearables initiative; Everyday Militarisms collective; Feminist Geographers Cluster (AAG); Black Graduate & Professional Students Association; and SWERV: Students Working to End Racial Violence.