Dr Katy Sian is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York. Books include: Conversations in Postcolonial Thought (2014) New York: Palgrave, Unsettling Sikh and Muslim Conflict: Mistaken Identities, Forced Conversions, and Postcolonial Formations (2013) Lanham: Lexington Books, and Racism, Governance, and Public Policy: Beyond Human Rights (2013) London: Routledge (co-author).