PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Victoria
Research Interests: Sanam Vaghefi is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Sociology Department at the University of Victoria. Her Ph.D. Dissertation topic is ‘Exploring the Health and Migration Trajectories of Iranian Refugees in Canada’. In addition to refugee migration, asylum seekers, and migrant health, her research interests are performances of power and agency during the migration trajectories, as well as victim-villain-savior narratives surrounding the representations of asylum seekers and refugees in various international contexts.
Email: svaghefi@uvic.ca