Dr Katie Vasey

Biography

Katie obtained her first degree in Social Anthropology with Development Studies from the University of Sussex in England in 1999. In 1999 Katie returned to Australia (as she gained permanent residency status in 1995) 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 completed a PhD at The University of Melbourne on the emotional wellbeing and belonging of Iraqi refugee women who resettled in rural Australia. Since joining Monash University in mid 2006, Katie has 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). As of January 2008, Katie will be 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

Research Interests

Teaching

Katie has been involved in teaching qualitative research methods to post graduate students within the Social Sciences and Health Research unit. In May 2007, she was one of the facilitators of the Continuing professional development training for FARREP (Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program) workers in Melbourne. In September 2007, Katie was involved in the qualitative research methods workshop at Monash University.

Katie has 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

Masters

• Jocelyn Tomlinson: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. (Secondary supervisor).

PGrad Dip Psychology

• Ann Philipose:The Role and Well-Being of Bicultural Workers: Assisting Migrant Communities (Primary supervisor).
• Brian Trabant:TBA (Primary supervisor).

Public Speaking

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

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

Publications

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.