
Sonja Dahl
PhD Student
Teaching Assistant
I’m a PhD student with interests in abolition geographies and what we can learn from toxic carceral environments: the overlap between carceral systems and environmental injustice. Before starting my PhD, I lived, worked, and organized in anti-carceral movement spaces in Philadelphia. I value using transformative, critical thinking and research tools in service of visionary freedom movements.
Contact Information
sonja.dahl@uky.edu
Education
MA in Geography, Temple University, 2025
BA in Sociology/Anthropology and Spanish, Swarthmore College, 2018
BA in Sociology/Anthropology and Spanish, Swarthmore College, 2018
Research Interests
- abolition geographies
- the carceral state
- social movements and grassroots organizing
- racial capitalism
- Black geographies
- political ecology
- toxic ecologies
Affiliations
- Geography