Babak Ashrafkhani Limoudehi

I've held various teaching roles here at UVic and elsewhere, including course instructor, ASC tutor, and teaching assistant for many years. Previously, I was a faculty member at Guilan University of Medical Sciences in Iran, where I served as coordinator of the English Department. My classes always remind me that teaching is really about learning together. I love supporting students by helping them to gain confidence in their unique writing voices, because confidence grows through practice. Writing can be tough, but it is also a space for creativity. My work as a translator has also shaped my pedagogy by teaching me that words are not neutral and carry worlds.

As a PhD candidate and researcher, I study how literature maps our tangled relationships with ecology and how stories shape environmental values, or (re)imagine resilient futures amid climate crisis and inequality. When I'm not teaching or researching, you'll find me immersed in theatre and sustainability activities.