Maya Singhal is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity in the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and the Watson Institute. Their current book project is an ethnographic and historical study of mutual aid, criminalized activities, and community defense between African American and Chinese American populations in New York City. They also write more broadly about capital, forensics, and childhood. Maya completed their Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard University, and they also hold MA degrees in the social sciences from the University of Chicago and in humanities and social thought from New York University.