Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at Leeds Trinity University. Before that I was a Lecturer in Religious Studies at St Mary's University up until 2022. I completed a PhD in philosophy at the University of Reading in 2017 where I was employed as a Sessional Lecturer. My thesis was on Aristotelian natural law ethics. I also have a master’s in philosophy from the University of Birmingham and a bachelor’s in philosophy with ancient history from the University of Exeter. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am also the Head of the Catherine of Alexandria Research Group for Philosophy and Religion at Leeds Trinity University.

Some recent publications:

Monographs

With Stephen Bullivant and Jan Siefert (2024) The Problem of God and Astrobiology, Cambridge Elements ‘The Problems of God’ series edited by Michael Peterson, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Edited Volumes

Playford, Richard C. (ed.) (2024) Exophilosophy: The Philosophical Implications of Alien Life, New York: Routledge

Generally, my interests lie at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics with a particular emphasis on the thought of Aristotle and Aquinas.

I am currently working on the RACS Network generously funded by a grant from the INSBS.

I have over eight years experience teaching in a higher education setting. I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2018. My main areas of teaching expertise are philosophy and ethics, but I have also taught on comparative religion and theology.

With regard to administration, I am the programme leader for the BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Ethics and Religion at Leeds Trinity University.