Education:
Postgraduate Certificate for Academic Practice, Lancaster University
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Exeter
Guest Doctoral Student, Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Uppsala
M.A., Anthropology and Sociology of Religion (Distinction), King's College London
B.A., Theology (Upper Second Class with Honors), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University
Relevant Appointments:
2023 onwards Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology, Kent State University
2023 - 2026 Executive Council Member, Association for the Sociology of Religion
2022 - present Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion
2017 - present Member of the Network for the Social Scientific Study of Science and Religion
2016 - 2023 Assistant Professor, Sociology, Kent State University
2016 - present Honorary Research Fellow, School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham
2016 Research Fellow, Centre for Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society, Newman University
2013-2015 Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
2013-2016 Convenor, British Sociological Association, Sociology of Religion Study Group
2012-Present Visiting Fellow, Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths
2012 - 2015 Series Co-Editor, Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
2011-Present Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2009-2013 Research Associate, AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme, Lancaster University
2008-Present Associate, Centre for the Study of Law and Religion, Cardiff University
Research Interests:
religion; nonreligion; science in society; cultural conflicts