Anna Waistnage

Teaching

I am currently a lecturer and the Sociology Course Lead at YSJ.

I currently specialise my teaching in the area criminal justice and the criminal justice systems in operation in the UK. I specifically teach on the following modules.

- Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
- Issues in Criminal Justice
- Prisons and Penology
- Working in the Social sciences

Research

I am currently conducting an ethnographic study of a Northern Industrial town and the consequences of industrial loss on class relations. My areas of research interest include but are not limited to

- Hate crime
- Prejudice
- Race and ethnicity
- Social Justice

Publications and conferences

• Waistnage, A. (2018) Hate crime in the UK.
• Waistnage, A. (2019, June) Immigration Perceptions in the North; Walking Interviews with the People of Grimsby. Paper presented at: Discourses of Immigration and Citizenship: From Windrush to Brexit Conference, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Waistnage, A. (2019, April) Immigration Relations and Perceptions in the UK: An
• Ethnographic 'Ride Along' with the British Lorry Driver. Paper presented at: Challenging Social Hierarchies and Inequalities, BSA Annual Conference 2019. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow.
• Waistnage, A. (2019, July) Immigration Perceptions in the North; Walking Interviews with the People of Grimsby. Paper presented at: Public Criminology’s: Community, Conflict and Justice, BSC Annual Conference 2019. University of Lincoln, Lincoln.
• Waistnage, A. (2021, May) Immigration Perceptions in the North; Walking Interviews with the People of Grimsby. Paper presented at: Research Spotlight Conference, York St John University.