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Dr Katie Vasey

Biography



Katie obtained her BA(Hons) in Social Anthropology with Development Studies from the University of Sussex in England in 1999. In 1999 Katie moved to Australia to pursue her postgraduate studies. In 2000, she obtained a Graduate Diploma in Public Health (Tropical Health) from the University of Queensland. In 2007, she was awarded her PhD at The University of Melbourne exploring emotional wellbeing and belonging of Iraqi refugee women who resettled in rural Australia.

Since joining Monash University in mid 2006, Katie worked as a research fellow with Professor Manderson and Dr Devva Kasnitz, (University of California, Berkeley) in a cross-disciplinary research project documenting the social history of the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH).  From April 2008 to February 2009 Katie was on maternity leave. Since February 2009 Katie has involved in a research project exploring the interrelationship between immigration, parenthood and identity with Iraqi and Cambodian women in Australia, with Professor Manderson, Professor Liamputtong and Dr Hoban.

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Professional Activities

  • Member of Australian Anthropological Society
  • Member of Narrative Network Australia
  • Project Group Member (2007-2008) for the Community Gallery Immigration Museum Exhibition ‘Trailblazers: an homage to ethnic women's activism.’

Research Interests

  • Migration, gender and health
  • Critical Anthropology
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Health Policy
  • Muslim Women

 

Teaching

Katie has been involved in teaching qualitative research methods to post graduate students within the Social Sciences and Health Research unit

She has also been involved with the supervision of the following postgraduate research projects:

Doctor of Philosophy mentoring

  • Tamasin Ramsay:Posttraumatic growth, spiritual response and resilience during disaster. New York and Orissa.
  • Riana Dewi Nugrahani:Work, gender and health in South Sulawesi.
  • Ajay Ranjan Singh:Social exclusion, disadvantage and wellbeing: A study of rickshaw pullers in Delhi, India.
  • Eva Ladekjær Larsen:Public Health Discourse in Multicultural communities in Denmark

  • Leigh Williamson Young women negotiating modernity in urban India: 'problems of living' or 'pathology'? PhD Candidate

Masters

  • Jocelyn Tomlinson 2007:A pilot study of safety and its impact on health and wellbeing among Horn of African women resettled in a government housing estate in Melbourne, Australia. (Masters Candidate).

PGrad Dip Psychology

  • Ann Philipose 2007:The Role and Well-Being of Bicultural Workers: Assisting Migrant Communities (Primary supervisor).
  • Tamara Meehan 2008 Barriers affecting access to psychological interventions with homeless peoplein Melbourne. Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology.

  • Kari Gibson Immigration, social capital and experiences of motherhood within the Somali communityin Melbourne. Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology.

Public Speaking

Iraqi women and settlement: Moving beyond culture as a determinant for successful settlement. Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCHW) Seminar Series, Melbourne, February 2008

Iraqi women in rural Australia. Australian Iraqi Forum, Melbourne, March 2007

Unpacking longings to return: Iraqi refugee women in rural Australia, Australian Research Council Asia Pacific Futures Research Network signature conference. Melbourne, June 2007

Refugees and Regional resettlement. Victorian Settlement Planning Committee Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Melbourne, September 2007

Publications

Johnston, V., Vasey, K., Markovic M., (2009) Social policies and refugee resettlement: Iraqis in Australia. Journal of Critical Social Policy 29(2).

Manderson, L., Vasey, K., (2009) Cooking Alone: Social Capital and Wellbeing among Iraqi Women refugees in Rural Victoria in Social Capital and Social Justice: Critical Australian Perspectives (eds) G. Woolcock & L. Manderson. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press.

Vasey, K., Manderson, L.  [2009] (under review) The paradox of integration: Iraqi women and service support in regional Australia, submitted to International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care.

Vasey, K [2009] (under review) Revisiting Iraq: belonging and longing among Iraqi refugee women in Australia, submitted to the Journal of Refugee Studies.

Vasey, K. [2009] (under review) Iraqi refugees in Australia: Exploring difference in a multicultural society, submitted to the Australian Journal of Anthropology.

Vasey, K [2007] A Country Welcome: Emotional wellbeing and belonging among Iraqi women in rural Australia. Unpublished doctoral thesis. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Vasey, K [2007] (under review) Revisiting Iraq: belonging and longing among Iraqi refugee women in Australia, submitted to the Journal of Refugee Studies.

Johnston, V., Vasey, K., Markovic M., [2007] (under review) Social policies and refugee resettlement: Iraqis in Australia, submitted to the journal Critical Social Policy.

Vasey, K [2006] A Country Welcome: Emotional wellbeing and belonging among Iraqi women in rural Australia. Unpublished doctoral thesis. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

Vasey, K [2003] A proposal for the Support and Integration of Iraqi refugee children, young people and families in Cobram and Shepparton 2004 — 2009. Unpublished report. Fairley Foundation, Melbourne.

ADB [2001] Integrated Community Health Services Project. Unpublished report. Asian Development Bank.