Jamie Sanchez

Jamie Sanchez is a tenured Associate Professor, Graduate Department Chair, and Program Director for PhD and MA programs in Intercultural Studies at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. She specializes in refugee studies, qualitative research methods, and missiology.

• PhD in Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (Virginia Tech)
• Master of Divinity (Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)
• Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies (Union University)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (New Mexico State University)

Her research focuses on refugee mental health, resilience in displaced women, and ethical approaches to forced migration. She collaborates with scholars like Dr. Linda Dryjanska on transnational refugee issues.

Recent publications address Syrian refugee mental health, Ukrainian women's resilience, and displacement-related modern slavery. Her work emphasizes qualitative methodologies and faith-based interventions.

Scientific awards include the McGraw-Hill Distinguished Scholar award (2020) and Virginia Tech's Bouchet Graduate Honor Society induction (2016).

• Lanier Library Oxford Grant (2025)
• Biola Research and Development Grants (2023, 2020)
• CCCU Networking Grant for refugee research (2022)
• CCCU Planning Grant on displacement impacts (2019)