Dr Sarah Jay is a social psychologist who lectures in the department of psychology at the University of Limerick (UL), in Ireland. Dr Jay studied a joint honours degree in psychology and sociology then completed a cross discipline PhD exploring social class and systematic inequality in education. Her subsequent research focusses broadly on social identity processes, well-being, education, empowerment, and social justice. She has expertise is in both quantitative and qualitative methods and her priority is applied real-world research, often among marginalised communities. She is a member of the Migration and Diversity lab and has collaborated with Centre for Social Issues Research colleagues on many projects including the COVID19 pandemic and has published her work in academic journals specialising in social psychology, education, medicine, and gender.