Dr Fahid Qurashi
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
Dr Qurashi joined the University of Salford in 2021 having been a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Staffordshire University (2018-2021) and a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Canterbury Christ Church University (2014-2018). Dr Qurashi has led and taught on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across Sociology, Criminology, Religious Studies, and Terrorism Studies. He acquired Fellowship of the HEA in 2016 and membership of the Teaching and Learning Academy in 2017. Dr Qurashi has extensive mentoring experience and leads the Criminology/Sociology Peer Mentor Scheme. He is also the Sociology and Criminology EDI Champion. Dr Qurashi has a PhD in Sociology (Kent) and conducts research in the areas of Political Islam, Islamophobia, Race and Racism, Counterterrorism, Radicalisation, Surveillance, Crime, Imprisonment, Ethnography, and Religious Revivalism. He sits on the editorial board for the International Journal of Criminology and Sociology and is a Research Director at the Ayaan Institute thinktank.
Areas of Research
Political Islam
Islamophobia
Race and Racism
Counterterrorism
Radicalisation
Surveillance
Crime
Imprisonment
Ethnography
Religious Revivalism
Areas of Supervision
Dr Qurashi would be interested to hear from prospective PhD students who would like to pursue a doctorate in any areas of his research expertise and interest.
Module Leader:
1. Theoretical Criminology (L5)
2. Violence in Society (L5)
3. Crical approaches to (counter)terrorism (L6)
I also contribute to the following modules:
1. Critical Perspectives on Policing (L5 & 6)
2. Dissertation (L6)
3. Critical Victimology
4. Crime Society & Racialisation (L6)
5. Globalisation Society and Crime (L6)
Qualifications
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PhD Sociology
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MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice (Research Methods)
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MA Education
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BSc (Hons) Criminology and Forensic Science
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Postgradute Certificate in Academic Practice