Brief CV


Education:

2011                 Postgraduate Certificate for Academic Practice, Lancaster University

2004-2008   Ph.D., Sociology, University of Exeter

2007                 Guest Doctoral Student, Centre for the Study of Religion and Society,  University of Uppsala

2002-2003   M.A., Anthropology and Sociology of Religion (Distinction), King's College London

1999-2002   B.A., Theology (Upper Second Class with Honors), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University

Current and Recent 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

2012-Present    Visiting Fellow, Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths

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, Sociology, Youth Studies, Law & Religion, interfaith and intercultural dialogue, science and religion, secularity and nonreligion, young people’s religious and political participation, equalities legislation and religious literacy, global Christianity and mission, religion and belief in Europe