I joined Canterbury Christ Church University in 2013, and became Senior Lecturer in 2016. From 2019-2021 I was Course Director of the MA Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, and from 2020-2023 was also Lead on several modules in the BSc Human Development (Body, Mind Spirit). Since 2021 I have been part of the team teaching the BA Theology and the BA Philosophy, Religion and Ethics.
I have a BA (Hons) and MA from the University of Cambridge, and in 1994 was awarded a PhD by the University of Hull. For many years I lived in Munich, where I ran my own language-solutions agency, acquiring clients at major international companies, and also taught Business English at BMW.
From 2005 onwards I began publishing and lecturing on the subjects which later formed the basis of my academic interests, such as spirituality and its relation to place and environment.
My research interests include spirituality and landscape, love of learning, the theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and true sustainability. I have published widely in these areas, and presented at conferences and symposiums.
I have supervised several successful PhDs, on subjects such as the thought of the heart and conflict, and mediumship, intuition and the academy, as well as chairing a PhD on the writings of George Meredith. In 2016 I was elected a member of the Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge.