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David J. Knight is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. His research examines the consequences of mass imprisonment, focusing on how Black communities experience and mobilize against systemic injustice. He holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a doctorate from the University of Chicago.
His research spans political sociology, qualitative methodology, health disparities, and racial dynamics, with emphasis on the intersection of mass incarceration, social movements, and health equity. Current projects include a multi-state study of health equity interventions post-2020 protests and the Mellon Foundation-funded Movements Against Mass Incarceration Lab documenting anti-carceral activism.
He has received major grants including $1.7M from the Mellon Foundation and $550K from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supporting his research on community responses to criminal justice systems. His publications analyze voting patterns in disadvantaged communities, reparations policy, and youth incarceration impacts.
Dr. Knight co-convenes the Carcerality, Law, and Punishment Workshop with NYU and leads interdisciplinary teams in archival research and oral history documentation.
