About Mia Karisa's Work
Mia Karisa Dawson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, with a research emphasis in urban studies and a passion for teaching and community organizing. Mia studies structural inequities in U.S. cities caused by interrelated systems of policing, housing, race, and environment. Alongside this research, Mia collaborates with community organizations to transform these systems and to provide political education to young people. With extensive collaborative research experience in urban social movements, alternatives to policing, violence intervention, and environmental justice, Mia promotes an understanding of all social justice issues as interconnected and therefore approachable together.
