I have been teaching at NTC since 2004 in the areas of social theology and youth work with oversight of the BA (Hons) Theology: Youth and Community programme alongside oversight of student placements (2004-2016). I have also served as Assistant Dean with oversight of our Undergraduate programmes (2016-2019). I currently lecture in a range of practical and social theology units and am Co-Chaplain at NTC.
I am an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and, alongside my roles at NTC, I am currently assigned as the Church and Community Development Minister at a church/community hub in Salford. I am JNC qualified and have over 20 years of youth work experience working in a variety of contexts, including statutory youth work and church-based youth work and ministry. These experiences continue to influence my interest in supporting and developing people and local churches through a range of learning opportunities. Other interests include visual art in worship, film, architecture, the history of 19th-century industrial England, and photography. Consequently, I can often be found wandering around ruins, graveyards, old churches, abbeys and monasteries, camera and notebook in hand.
My MA research explored the relevance of the core values and National Occupational Standards for Youth Work for those with professional youth work qualifications working in a church context. Further research includes an interest in Gothic and neo-Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, E.W. Pugin, memory, faith, belief, visual methodologies, geographies of religion and spirituality, atmospheres, sacred space, materiality, and community.
