Sustainable Alliances Against
Anti-Muslim Hatred (SALAAM)

Dr James Carr is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Limerick. In 2016, James published his book Experiences of Islamophobia: Living with Racism in the Neoliberal Era (London and New York: Routledge), focusing on anti-Muslim racism in Ireland. In addition to scholarly articles, James has also published research with the Immigrant Council of Ireland (‘Islamophobia in Dublin: Experiences and how to respond’); and has authored the European Islamophobia Report for Ireland (2015-2021). In 2022, James was awarded funding from the European Commission for his project: Sustainable Alliances Against Anti-Muslim Hatred (SALAAM) which runs until 2024.

Patrick Fox is an Educational Technologist working on the SALAAM project at the University of Limerick. Armed with eight years of teaching experience and a Master’s Degree in Screenwriting, Patrick possesses a deep understanding of narrative structure and visual storytelling techniques. He combines educational principles with engaging digital experiences, aiming to captivate learners and facilitate knowledge acquisition. Throughout his career, Patrick has collaborated with educational institutions, educators, and instructional designers to leverage technology as an educational tool. He is committed to transforming education through the thoughtful application of technology and fostering a learner-centric environment.

Dr Nasrin Khandoker worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher SALAAM project from September 2022 to September 2023. Before that, she was a Post-doctoral Fellow in the GBV-MIG project at NUIG and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University. In addition to a Master’s degree from the Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, she was awarded a MA in Gender Studies from Central European University, Hungary, in 2014. She received a Wenner-Gren Wadsworth fellowship from US and John and Pat Hume scholarship from Maynooth University for her PhD, awarded in 2021.

Tiba Bonyad (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Sustainable Alliances Against Anti-Muslim Hatred (SALAAM) project. Before joining SALAAM, Tiba was a teaching fellow at the Near and Middle Eastern Department of Trinity College Dublin, where she taught modules on Gender, Islam and Europe. She was awarded her PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester in 2023. In her research project, Tiba investigated gendered biopolitics of human egg provision in Iran. She holds an MA in Gender Studies from Central European University, an MSc in Communication Studies from Free University of Brussels, and two BA degrees in Sociology and Communication Studies from the University of Tehran. Her areas of expertise are in the sociology of health and illness, qualitative methodology, sociology of religion, and feminist science and technology studies.