"NYU gave me the tools to ask hard questions about power. The archives gave me the answers. The people in detention gave me the urgency."
— Kristina Shull, GSAS '06
About Kristina
Kristina Shull's doctoral work at NYU's Graduate School of Arts & Science became the foundation for a decade of research into U.S. immigration detention policy. Her book Detention Empire examines the post-9/11 expansion of immigrant incarceration and gives voice to the individuals most affected — a population largely invisible in mainstream historical scholarship. Shull has been cited by immigration law scholars, human rights organizations, and journalists covering the detention system. Her work stands as a model for history that demands accountability.
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