After completing a BD (Hons) and a PhD in philosophy and theology at the University of Aberdeen (1999), I moved to Leeds and was employed by the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Leeds, where I taught a range of Philosophy modules to part time, mature students. This was followed by teaching a range of philosophy modules to part time students in the School of Philosophy and then by appointment to a Lectureship in Religion, Gender and Ethics in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds (2002), where I taught feminist ethics and philosophy of religion.
I joined York St John University in 2006, I teach a range of modules on the Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Programme. My research spans philosophy of religion and public theology; I also supervise postgraduate students and for 8 years I was Managing Editor of the International Journal of Public Theology and Chair of the Faculty Research Ethics Committee.
I currently Chair the Centre for Religion in Society research seminar series and convene the Ebor Lecture Series. I am a Trustee with Sabeel-Kairos, and UCU Branch Chair.
My primary teaching areas are feminist theology, ethics and philosophy of religion. I have taught Theoretical Philosophy, The Mind, Reason and Argument, Political and Social Philosophy, Christian Theology and Christian Doctrine and Practice and Systematic Theology. I have also delivered medical ethics teaching and supervised masters dissertations in healthcare. In addition, I have supervised a number of MRes and PhD students; acted as a referee for AHRC funding applications and examined masters and doctoral theses.
I am interested in supervising postgraduate theses in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, gender, sexuality, ethics and intersectional feminist ethics. I have supervised theses on the following topics:
- Homosexuality in the Church of England
- Suffering in the Works of Kierkegaard
- Feminist Theologies in Light of Spinoza’s Pantheism
- Emotion in Tucker and Enlightenment Thought
- Revelation in the Theology of T. F. Torrance
- Christologies of Hick and Newbigin
- The Emergence of a Black British Feminist Theology
- A Feminist Examination of Evangelical Purity Culture
- Locating the Place of Hospitality in the ‘Mission-Shaped’ Church of England
My primary research interests are public theology, John Macmurray scholarship, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics and feminist theology; hence, my research is interdisciplinary. In particular, I am concerned with definitions of personhood and community, the ethics of personal relations, gender justice, trans and non-binary inclusion, trauma theology, populism and the use of social media by religious communities.
I organise events for Black History Month, LGBT History Month and International Women's Day, and I am European representative at the Global Network for Public Theology. I work with theological organisations and colleagues on campaigns and publications in solidarity with Palestine.
Recent publications
I am on the editorial board of the International Journal of Public Theology and the Political and Public Theologies book series published by Brill. I peer review for several publishers including Bloomsbury, Fortress Press, LIT-Verlag, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, Rowman and Littlefield, SCM Press, T&T Clark; and for the following journals: Ethics and Social Welfare, International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, Religion and Education, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Studies in Christian Ethics, Studies in Religion, Toronto Journal of Theology. I am also a reviewer of grant applications for the British Federation of Women Graduates.
I have acted as external examiner for doctoral theses at the universities of Aberdeen, Birmingham, Otago, Western Sydney, and Wales; and conducted external examining of degree programmes at the Open University, and the universities of Chester and Roehampton.
