My research focuses on the intersection of race and immigration, and how these factors shape neighborhoods and the lives of residents. I’m particularly interested in understanding how Black immigrants are transforming Black neighborhoods and, more broadly, Black America.
In addition to my main research focus, I also explore how race and immigration influence various aspects of neighborhood change, such as property ownership, the prevalence of surveillance cameras, and physical disorder. The goal of this work is to broaden our sociological understanding of spatial inequality and enhance the methodological and theoretical tools to study it.
Recent Publications
Nima Dahir Sharad Goel, Hao Sheng, Keniel Yao, and Jackelyn Hwang. 2025. “Surveillance Camera Prevalence and Racial Diversity in Ten US Cities”. Nature Cities.
Nima Dahir. 2025. “Who is Black on the Block? Black Immigrants and Changing Black Neighborhoods”. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.
Nima Dahir and Jackelyn Hwang. 2025. “Who Owns the Neighborhood? Ethnoracial Composition of Property Ownership and Neighborhood Trajectories in San Francisco”. City & Community.
Nima Dahir, Jackelyn Hwang, and Ang Yu. 2024. “Cleaning Up the Neighborhood: White Influx and Differential Requests for Services”. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.
Nima Dahir. 2024. “Re-Learning to be a Woman: Virtual Space and Post-Migration Womanhood in the Somali Diaspora”. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Nima Dahir, PhD 