Summer Internship
Resume:
Sadaf Vafa
No. ****, Palo Verde Rd., Irvine, California, 92617
+1-949-***-**** *****@***.***
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science 2023-2028(expected) University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Master of Arts, International and Global Studies 2022-2023(expected) University of California, Irvine
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Master of Laws, Public International Law 2019-2021 University of Tehran
Thesis: Non-State Actors and the Development of International Climate Change Law.
GPA: 19.42/20 (4.0/4.0)
Bachelor of Laws 2015-2019
GPA: 18.71/20 (3.94/4.0)
magna cum laude
AWARDS AND HONORS
Recipient of a full scholarship for the duration of 6 years, University of California, Irvine, 2021.
Ranked 1
st
in terms of total GPA in Public International Law, University of Tehran, 2021.
Semi- nalist, the 32
nd
edition of the Jean-Pictet competition, Obernai, France, 2019.
Ranked 11
th
in Law, among the top 10 percent of the class, quali ed to study Master of Laws without taking the Nation-Wide Entrance Exam, 2019.
Team Ranked 3
rd
, the 13
th
Henry Dunant Memorial Regional Moot Court Competition, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2017.
Team Ranked 1
st
, the 9
th
Henry Dunant Memorial National Moot Court Competition, Tehran, Iran, 2017.
Ranked 8
th
among circa 160,000 participants, the Nation-Wide University Entrance Exam (Concours), Iran, 2015.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer
Global Gender and Sexuality, INTL ST 104BW, Professor Vibhuti Ramachandran, Winter 2022 and Spring 2023.
Lecture on feminism and its relation to the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran. Research Assistant
Human Rights and Technology Lab, Director: Professor Nicole Iturriaga, Department of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine, June 2022-present. Current projects: the role of technology in surveilling and policing the bodies of pregnant people; technology, exhumation, and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Lab manager.
Conducting eld research.
(Conducting in-person interviews with NGOs as well as the descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, September 2022, Tulsa, Oklahoma).
Conducting literature reviews.
Conducting data analysis (quantitative and qualitative). Teaching Assistant
University of California, Irvine, January 2022-present. Courses taught: Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to International Studies, Global Cul- tures and Society.
Holding discussion sessions.
Grading nal papers.
Consulting students on issues related to their programs. Legal Intern
Navid Dadvarzan Hagh Parsa legal institute, Shiraz, Iran, 2019.
Providing memorials on behalf of the institute.
Conducting various legal research projects.
Taking part in client interviews.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Publications
Is the International Criminal Court Biased? A Legal-Empirical Analysis, Borna Bateni, Sadaf Vafa, 2022 (in process).
The Role of Non-State Actors in the Development of International Climate Change Law, Sadaf Vafa, Amir Hossein Ranjbarian, Mehdi Piri, thesis in partial ful llment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, 2021. 2
Gender in Mine Actions: an Analysis of the Practices of the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions, Sadaf Vafa, the XII International Conference for Young Researchers, International Committee of the Red Cross, Yerevan, Armenia, November 2019.
Posters and Blog Posts
Climate Change and Rethinking Global Causes and Consequences of Con ict: a Case Study of Iran, Sadaf Vafa, Global and International Studies Annual Forum, Department of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine, May 2022.
Marriage of the Girl Child in Iran, Sadaf Vafa, the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, July 2019. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Courses and Conferences
Introduction to Statistics I, POL SCI 219, Graduate level, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine, Fall 2022.
R Programming, Roger D. Peng, Johns Hopkins University, August 2022 (online course).
Current Legal Issues in Post-Con ict and Transitional Societies, METU Northern Cyprus Campus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019.
Model United Nations on International Law Commission, United Nations Information Center, Tehran, Iran, 2019.
Palestinian Refugees: A Long-lasting Legal Deadlock, Istanbul Center for International Law, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019.
Moot Courts and Legal Competitions
32
nd
edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition on International Humanitarian Law, Obernai, France, 2019.
16
th
Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition for Asia-Paci c Region, Hong Kong, 2018.
13
th
Henry Dunant Regional Memorial Moot Court Competition, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2017.
9
th
Henry Dunant Memorial National Moot Court Competition, Tehran, Iran, 2017. AFFILIATIONS AND VOLUNTEER WORK
Professional A liations
Iranian National Elites Foundation, 2015-2022.
Volunteer works
Association internationale des etudiants en sciences economiques et commerciales (AIESEC), 2016-2017. 3
LANGUAGES
Farsi (Persian)
Native language
English
Full professional pro ciency
TOEFL iBT: 115/120 October 2022
Reading: 29, Listening: 30, Speaking: 29, Writing: 27 GRE General Test: 320/340 November 2022
Verbal Reasoning: 160, Quantitative Reasoning: 160, Analytical Writing: 4.5
Arabic
Limited working pro ciency.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Microsoft O ce Excel
R Programming Language
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Armed con icts, third-party intervention in con icts, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, human rights, human- itarian law, international crimes.
REFERENCES
Eve Darian-Smith
Professor, chair of the Department of International and Global Studies, University of California, Irvine. Tel: +1-949-***-****
Email: *******@***.***
Nicole Iturriaga
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of California, Irvine. Tel: +1-949-***-****
Email: *.*********@***.***
Amir Hossein Ranjbarian
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Iran. Tel: +989*********
Email: ********@**.**.**
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