Scholarship
My research examines how the social constructs of youth and power impact the lives of young people. I incorporate interdisciplinary perspectives from the fields of education, public health, public administration, political science, geography, and more in my scholarship. Furthermore, my work is guided by the principals of abolition, critical race theory, embodied healing, and transformative justice. I use both qualitative and critical quantitative methods in my analysis.
Presentations
Building an anti-racist research program
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Publications
Samimi, C., Heath, R., Keene, L., & Keys, T. (2026). What is QuantCrit and what is it doing in a nice field like social work? A framework for social work research. Advances in Social Work, Accepted for Spring 2026 issue. Preprint available via SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/75qnp_v1
Sarantakos, S., Toraif, N. & Samimi, C. (2026). Abolitionist Pedagogy and its invitation to rethink and remake our world. "Social Work Beyond the Status Quo: Challenging Violence and Cultivating Abolitionist Imagination in Education, Scholarship, and Practice." Special issue of Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work. 25(2). [Accepted for Spring 2026 issue]
Samimi, C. (2025). There are still more Black boys in the office: Structural determinism and teacher decision making in school discipline. Teachers and Teaching. 31(7), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2025.2474068
Samimi, C., & Wagoner, T. (2025). The false promise of faster horses: A restorative approach to AI’s
role in the higher education classroom. "Artificial Intelligence, Communications Technology and
Restorative Justice.” Special issue of Internet Journal of Restorative Justice. 13(1). https://www.rj4allpublications.com/product/the-false-promise-of-faster-horses-ai-and-rj-in-the-higher-education-classroom/
Sliva, S., Samimi, C., *Han, T., & Albright, K. (2024). Effects of victim offender dialogue on mental health and trauma appraisals among victims of violent crime. Contemporary Justice Review. (27)4, 277-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2024.2444905
Samimi, C., *Buraik, L., *Oteman, Q., & Marsalis, S. (2024). What is known about LGBT2SQAI+ youth and exclusionary discipline? A scoping review. Journal of Homosexuality, 72(11), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2420077
Daftary, A., Ortega, D., Samimi, C., & Ball, A.M. (2023). “Did I hear that right?” A CRT analysis of racial microaggressions in K-12 schools. Affilia, 39(2), 285-301. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099231192079
Samimi, C., *Han, T., Navvab, A., *Sedivy, J., & Anyon, Y. (2023). Restorative practices and exclusionary school discipline: An integrative review. Contemporary Justice Review, 26(1), 28–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2023.2204884
Samimi, C., *Jefferson, N., *Flanagan, S., & Anyon, Y. (2023). Intersections of disproportion: A critical quantitative examination of dis/ability and gender in Black students’ school discipline outcomes. The Urban Review, 55(4), 456–475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-023-00657-6
Wiley, K., Anyon, Y., Samimi, C., & *Trujillo, M. (2021). Sent out or sent home: Understanding racial disparities across suspension types from critical race theory and QuantCrit perspectives. Race and Ethnicity in Education, 26(5),. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2021.2019000
Young, D. A., Garcia-Olp, M. C., & Samimi, C. (2020). Dismantling Gringismo in education. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 9(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.31274/jctp.9468
Samimi, C., & Sliva, S. (2020). It’s symbiotic: Exploring the facilitators and outcomes of a successful community-university research partnership. Journal of Social Service Research, 46(5), 613-622. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2019.1612820
Samimi, C., & *DeHerrera, C. (2020). Picando Piedras: Picking at the rocks of social justice under the nonprofit industrial complex. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 31(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428232.2020.1734426
Sliva, S. M., & Samimi, C. (2018). Social work and prison labor: A restorative model. Social Work, 63(2), 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swy009
Samimi, J. C. (2010). Funding America’s nonprofits: The nonprofit industrial complex’s hold on social justice. Columbia Social Work Review, 8(1), 17-25. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8QC0DC7