Muhammad Rafi

Biography

Research interests
The carceral state and policing, metropolitan history, and social justice, with a particular interest in Los Angeles. My dissertation examines the spatial politics of policing in the lead-up to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

M.A. History, University of California, Irvine (2025)
M.A. History, CSULB (2022)
B.A. History, CSULB (2012)

Publications:
"Policing an Image: Image-making and Displacement at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics." Journal of Olympic Studies 8.1 (Spring 2027).  

Advisors: Dr. Allison Perlman and Dr. Samantha De Vera

First field: 20th U.S. History

Second field: Critical Theory, Race and Ethnicity