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Originally from Neath, South Wales, I studied theology as an undergraduate at Regent's Park College, Oxford before completing a master's degree in Islamic Theology at SOAS, University of London. After many years as a management consultant and project manager, I felt the pull to step back into theology, completing a master's in theology at Cardiff Baptist College alongside ministerial formation, and ministering in a Baptist Church in Cardiff. For the last two years I've been working on my PhD at Cardiff University, while also teaching at St Padarn's and Cardiff Baptist College. I'm now an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and I'm particularly interested in creative teaching practices that engage the rich diversity of learning styles. I live near Bridgend with my husband Ben and I'm an avid outdoor swimmer, spending as much time as I can at the beach.
Research interests
I'm a practical theologian at heart and I'm passionate about reflecting deeply on our faith, our religious practices and our embodied, social and material realities. As a trustee of the British and Irish Association of Practical Theology (BIAPT), I am committed to research and conversation about all that practical theology offers us amidst the complexities of the contemporary world. I'm particularly excited by creative theological approaches and I'm currently playing with the value of autoethnography as a way of doing theology that enables us to listen deeply to stories we don't normally hear.
I'm currently completing my PhD in practical theology, researching the ways in which lived, embodied experiences of faith and depression might shape our individual and collective theological ideas and practices. I have a deep personal interest in mental health and wellbeing and facilitate courses and conversations on this topic for churches, pioneer networks and theological colleges.
I'm also really interested in how we understand the relationship between faith and music, and I'm currently working on a project with Dr. Stephen B. Roberts exploring the significant of 'playlisting' as a shared theological practice. We delivered a paper on this at Ecclesiology and Ethnography 2025, facilitated a workshop at BIAPT 2025, and recently published a book chapter on this, with more to follow.
Published Work
“Sounding the Depths: Reflections on playlist as pilgrimage through collaborative autoethnographic musicking” in Boyce-Tillman, J. (2025) Autoethnographies in Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing. London: Peter Lang.