Dr. Amanda Haynes

Biography

Amanda Haynes is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Limerick. Amanda's research interests centre on the analysis of discursive, classificatory and physical violences, particularly those which are motivated by prejudice. She is a co-director of both the Hate and Hostility Research Group and the Power, Discourse and Society Research Group at the University of Limerick. Amanda's research has been funded by the European Union, the Irish Research Council and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Her research in the areas of hate crime, migration studies and stigma has been published in high ranking journals such as the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism and New Media and Society and she is editor of collections with Rowman Littlefield International and Palgrave Macmillan. Amanda's commitment to her students was recognised twice by the University of Limerick, where she was awarded the Excellent in Teaching Award in 2005 and 2011. Following her service on the executive committee of the Sociological Association of Ireland, she was elected President of the Association for the 2008 term.