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YEAR
2024

gender studies programme

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Human & More-Than-Human Relationships
Gender and Sexual Minorities
Etnography

RESEARCH KEYWORD
Sabah studies, marginalization & mobility,
minority groups, irregular migrants, indigenous
communities in Borneo.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
dr. Somiah, V. & Ariffin, N. D. M. (2023). Revisiting
Vilashini Somiah Covid-19 in Malaysia: Plight and perseverance.
Universiti Malaya Press.
vilasomiah@um.edu.my Padzil R.B., Somiah V. (2023). "Leaderless"
resistance? An anatomy of female leadership in
Orang Asli grassroots movements, Wacana. 24(2),
EDUCATION
328-354. doi:10.17510/wacana.v24i2.1166
PhD (Southeast Asian Studies) Low B.Y.H., Somiah V., Nie K.S. (2023). The Right to
National University of Singapore Cyberbully? A Gendered Analysis During COVID-19
MA (Southeast Asian Studies) in Malaysia, Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Communication. 39(3), 292-312.
doi:10.17576/JKMJC-2023-3903-16
MA (Media Studies)
Universiti Malaya (UM) Somiah, V. (2021). Irregular Migrants and the Sea
at the Borders of Sabah, Malaysia: Pelagic Alliance
BA (Hons) (Media Studies) (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship) (1st ed. 2021
Universiti Malaya (UM) ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.

UMEXPERT LINK
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/vilasomiah.html SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
Best Book Publication 2022 (Humanities and Social
RESEARCHER ID Sciences), Universiti Malaya, 2023.
GMW-4813-2022 (Web of Science) Indo Pacific Circle Capstone Research Award,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6558-1331 Centre for Policy Research, 2022.
Excellent Service Award, Universiti Malaya, 2022.
SCOPUS ID
57654659700

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