Victoria Huynh
Fields of Study
critical refugee studies, prison abolition, feminist social movements, southeast asian diaspora, trauma and ancestral memory
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Bio & Research Interests
Victoria (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and a recipient of the Chancellor’s Fellowship. Her dissertation centers on Southeast Asian refugee communities and their fight against California’s prison to deportation pipeline. She volunteers with the Asian Prisoner Support Committee and helps teach ROOTS, an Ethnic Studies course in San Quentin State Prison.
Beyond her U.S.-based work, Victoria is also interested in Vietnamese anti-colonial history, literary translation, and spiritual practice. She previously received a B.A. in Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where she was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.
Writing
Huynh J, Huynh V, lê mads, Sy S. Toward a Politics of Care: Southeast Asian Refugee Organizing, Kinship, Care, and Reunion. Health Promotion Practice. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/15248399231164411 (invited submission)
Awards & Fellowships
Davis-Putter Scholarship, 2024
John L. Simpson ABD Research Fellowship in International & Area Studies, UC Berkeley, 2024
MMUF Travel & Research Grant, Institute for Citizens & Scholars, 2024
SEALIVES Research Grant, UC Berkeley, 2024
Foreign Language & Area Studies Summer Grant, UC Berkeley , 2024
Foreign Language & Area Studies AY Grant, UC Berkeley, 2023-2024
Institute for International Studies Pre-Dissertation Grant, UC Berkeley, 2023
Asia Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) Grant, UC Berkeley, 2023
Asian American Research Center Grant, UC Berkeley, 2021
Beinecke Scholarship, Sperry Fund, 2018
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, Brown University, 2017-2019