Vic Say
Sociology PhD Student
Vic Say joined the Sociology PhD program in the fall of 2023 and is a member of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (SSEHRI) in the PFAS Project Lab. Broadly, Vic examines the intersection of environmental justice and refugee health. Utilizing environmental and medical sociology, and refugee/forced migration studies, she aims to examine inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes. Vic received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Bryn Mawr College, where she was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. She was also a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a research assistant on projects related to HIV, health equity, and family planning at AccessMatters, a Philadelphia-based sexual and reproductive health non-profit.
Areas of Research/Interest: critical environmental justice, environmental/reproductive health, race and ethnicity, inequality, mixed-methods
Faculty Advisor: Phil Brown