Staff
Meet our Staff
Get to know our members of staff and find out more about their work and research interests.
Academic Staff
Name | Title |
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Professor Lewis Ayres | Professor of Catholic & Historical Theology |
Dr Krastu Nikita Banev | Associate Professor of Byzantine and Orthodox Theology |
Professor Douglas Davies | Professor |
Professor Maggi Dawn | Professor |
Dr Jan Dochhorn | Associate Professor of New Testament |
Professor Mathew Guest | Professor in the Sociology of Religion |
Professor Jane Heath | Associate Professor |
Professor Mike Higton | Professor |
Doctor Sam Hole | Solway Fellow |
Dr Brandon Hurlbert | Lecturer in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament |
Professor Christopher Insole | Professor of Philosophical Theology and Ethics |
Professor David Janzen | Professor of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament |
Dr Emily Kempson | Lecturer in Theology and Ministry |
Professor Karen Kilby | Bede Professor of Catholic Theology |
Professor Gerard Loughlin | Professor |
Dr Guillermo Martin Saiz | Lecturer in the Study of Religion |
Jonathan Miles-Watson | Professor of the Anthropology of Religion |
Professor Paul Murray | Professor of Systematic Theology |
Professor Simon Oliver | Van Mildert Professor of Divinity and Head of Department |
Dr Marcus Pound | Associate Professor of Theology & Assistant Director of the Centre for Catholic Studies |
Dr Adam Powell | Lecturer in Medical Humanities |
Dr Nomi Pritz-Bennett | Career Development Fellow |
Dr Sitna Quiroz Uria | Assistant Professor in the Study of Religion |
Professor Anna Rowlands | St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice |
Dr Greg Ryan | Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Ecclesiology and Receptive Ecumenism (CCS) |
Professor Alec Ryrie | Professor |
Professor Michael Snape | Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies |
Professor Robert Song | Professor |
Professor Rik Van Nieuwenhove | Professor of Medieval Thought |
Professor of Practical Theology Peter Ward | Professor of Practical Theology |
Professor Clare Watkins | Professor to the Mobilising for a Healthier and Revitalised Church Project |
Professor Francis Watson | Professor |
Professor Stuart Weeks | Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew |
David Wilkinson | Professor |
Dr Gary Wilton | Teaching Fellow |
Research Staff
Name | Title |
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Dr Sarah Barthelemy | Catherine de Francheville Fellow in the History of Catholicism - Centre for Catholic Studies |
Dr Edward Creedy | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow |
William Crozier | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow |
Fiona Cunningham | Funeral Innovations KTP Associate |
Dr Eilish Gregory | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Dr James Kelly | Sweeting Associate Professor in the History of Catholicism |
Dr Nina Kurlberg | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education (Common Awards Team) |
Amanda Murjan | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Dr Olabisi Obamakin | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education (Common Awards Team) |
Dr Brian Powers | Assistant Professor (Research) Vann Fellow in Christianity and the Armed Forces and Executive Director of the International Centre for Moral Injury |
Dr Anupama Ranawana | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Dr Georgina Robinson | Postdoctoral Research Associate: Digital Death (2 May 2023 until 31 Dec 2024) |
Dr Liam Temple | Postdoctoral Research Associate: Capuchin Fellow in the History of Catholicism |
Ricky Whitefield | Junior Research Fellow |
Honorary Fellows
Name | Title |
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Prof Jeffrey Astley | Honorary Professor (1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2027) |
Dr Stephen Barton | Honorary Fellow (01 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2027) |
Professor Anthony Bash | Honorary Fellow / Professor (1 Sept 2021 - 31 Aug 2024) |
Cormac Begadon | Honorary Fellow (1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2025) |
Dorothea Bertschmann | Honorary Fellow (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026) |
Dr Jeremy Bonner | Honorary Fellow (1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2027) |
Dr Gillian Boughton-Willmore | Honorary Fellow (1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2027) |
Mr Richard Briggs | Honorary Research Fellow in Old Testament (01 Sept 2024 - 30 Aug 2027) |
Brian Casey | Honorary Fellow (1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2027) |
Dr Hannah Cleugh | Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025) |
Rev Wendy Cooper | Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025) |
Rev Nicola Frail | Honorary Professor (1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025) |
Charlotte Hardman | Honorary Fellow (1 Oct 2022 - 30 Sept 2025) |
Dr Jonas Kurlberg | Honorary Fellow (01 Sept 2024 - 30 Aug 2027) |
Patrick McGhee | Honorary Research Fellow (1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sept 2026) |
Jennifer Moberly | Honorary Research Fellow (1 Aug 2022 - 31 Jul 2025) |
Prof Wendy North | Honorary Research Fellow (1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2025) |
Dr Anne Overell | Honorary Research Fellow (1 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2026) |
The Very Revd Dr Philip Plyming | Honorary Fellow (15 Sept 2023 - 14 Sept 2026) |
Dr Michael Questier | Honorary Professorial Fellow in the History of Catholicism (1 June 2023 - 31 May 2026) |
Catherine Sexton | Honorary Fellow (1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2027) |
Clare Stancliffe | Honorary Fellow (1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2027) |
Rev Andrew Totten | Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025) |
Dr Samuel Tranter | Honorary Research Fellow (1 Sept 2022 - 31 Aug 2025) |
Medi Volpe-Ayres | Honorary Professor (1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sept 2026) |
Module Convenors
Name | Title |
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Stuart Foyle | Module Convenor |
Administrative staff
Miss Susan Bates | Department Manager | theo.manager@durham.ac.uk |
Mrs Jean Coverdale | Operations Administrator | theo.opsadmin@durham.ac.uk |
Ms Kimberley Forster | Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator | |
Mr Tim Guinan | Development Executive (Centre for Catholic Studies) | tim.guinan@durham.ac.uk |
Ms Christine Hamilton | Learning & Teaching Administrator | theo.taught@durham.ac.uk |
Miss Sarah Lane | Learning and Teaching Assistant Manager | theo.ltmanager@durham.ac.uk |
Dr Jane Lidstone | Administrator for the International Centre for Moral Injury | jane.lidstone@durham.ac.uk |
Mrs Theresa Phillips | Centre for Catholic Studies Administrator | theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk |
Mrs Claire Williams | Learning & Teaching Administrator | theo.taught@durham.ac.uk |
Ms Yvonne Williams | Boundary Breaking Project Co-ordinator – Centre for Catholic Studies | yvonne.williams@durham.ac.uk |
Other Honorary and Visiting Titles
- Dr Victoria Biggs as Honorary Fellow (1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2026)
- Dr Lydia Brown as Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2022 - 30 Nov 2025)
- Dr Christopher Cimorelli as Honorary Fellow (1 Nov 2024 - 31 Oct 2027)
- Professor Eamon Duffy as Honorary Professor (1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2027)
- Dr Brendan Geary as Honorary Fellow (1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2027)
- Professor Hilary Grainger as Honorary Fellow (1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2026)
- Dr Alana Harris as Honorary Fellow (1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2027)
- Mr Tom Holland as Honorary Fellow MRCAS (1 Dec 2022 to 30 Nov 2025)
- Rev Prof Stan Ilo as Honorary Professor (1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2026)
- Dr Scholastica Jacob as Honorary Research Fellow (1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2027)
- Dr Patricia Jones as Honorary Fellow (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026)
- Professor Allan Kellehear, AcSS as Visiting Professor (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026)
- Venerable Clinton Langston as Honorary Fellow (1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2027)
- Prof Dr Timothy Mallard as Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2022 to 30 Nov 2025)
- Prof John McCafferty as Honorary Professor in the History of Catholicism (1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2027)
- Dr Caitriona McCartney as Honorary Fellow (23 Sept 2024 - 22 Sept 2027)
- Professor John McGreevy as Honorary Professor (1 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2026)
- Dr Matthew Mills as Honorary Fellow (1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2027)
- Rev. Dr John O'Brien as Honorary Fellow (1 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2027)
- Professor Kenneth Parker as Honorary Fellow (1 Nov 2024 - 31 Oct 2027)
- Canon Dr Sanjeevani Perera as Honorary Fellow (13 Sept 2024 - 12 Sept 2027)
- Dr Pete Phillips as Honorary Research Fellow (2 Aug 2024 to 31 Jul 2027)
- Venerable Stephen Robbins as Honorary Fellow ICMI (1 Dec 2022 to 30 Nov 2025)
- Revd Dr Stephen Spencer as Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2022 to 30 Nov 2025)
- SR Dr Barbara RLR Stafford as Honorary Fellow (1 Dec 2021 - 30 Nov 2024)
- Professor Maurice Whitehead as Honorary Professor (1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2027)
- Professor Myriam Wijlens as Honorary Professor (1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2027)
- Revd Professor Hans Zollner as Honorary Professor (1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2027)
Teaching Assistant
Name | Title |
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Isaac Frisby | PhD Student & Teaching Assistant |
Rebecca Leong | Teaching Assistant |
Rachel Lillycrop | PhD Student & Teaching Assistant |
Justin Mihoc | Teaching Assistant |
Kazusa Okaya | PhD Student & Teaching Assistant |
Lauren Randall | PhD Student & Teaching Assistant |
Wojciech Tylawski | PhD Student & Teaching Assistant |
Ricky Whitefield | Teaching Assistant |
Maria Williams | PhD Student & Teaching Assistant |