Category: Updates
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13 years later, Georgetown Certificate in Budget and Finance
Back in 2013, I enrolled in and successfully completed a Professional Certificate in Budget and Finance at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies. I was living and working nearby in Falls Church, Virginia; and I dreamt of transitioning from a classroom job to a managerial position. A professional qualification from that most prestigious of institutions…
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New programme brings students together to explore values, ethics and life beyond university
đĄWhat role should universities play in helping students think about *who* they want to become, not just what they want to achieve? This question sits at the heart of the new King’s Ethos Programme, launched last week at King’s College London. đŚ Supported by the John Templeton Foundation and developed in collaboration with The University…
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Researching Religion through Exemplary Figures (Forthcoming with Routledge)
Researching Religion through Exemplary Figures: Exemplarist Narrative Analysis for Theology and Religious Studies is my newly contracted book with Routledge, as part of their Routledge Focus on Religion series. I’m in the thick of researching for the text, and it’s due to be published in Q1 of 2028. The book comes out of my recent…
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Embedding Employability in the Humanities
Two of my second year undergrads, Suranne and Doruk, facilitated a workshop at the King’s Education Conference last month. We showcased how to use an entrepreneurial tool within a Theology and Religious Studies class to help embed careers-and-employability learning into a humanities module. Full abstract below. Huge thanks to the conference organisers for accepting our…
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Narrative Inquiry in Ethics Education (Forthcoming with Cambridge University Press)
Narrative Inquiry in Ethics EducationPart of the Research Methods in Education Series of Cambridge Elements Abstract Ethics education has become an increasingly important feature of higher education. Universities are expected not only to develop disciplinary expertise, but also to prepare graduates for responsible leadership and ethical decision-making in professional and public life. This expectation extends…
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National Gallery London: Imagining Leadership through Art and Culture
Recently, I led a guided tour, “Imagining Leadership through Art and Culture”, at the National Gallery in London for students from the Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University (USA). Huge thanks to the organisers for the invitation to share leadership reflections related to some of my favourite pieces currently…
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Why re-think thinking? Three myths about the mind
Yesterday, I opened this semester’s AKC series, Rethinking Thinking: Bodies, Minds, and Machines in the Modern World, with a lecture entitled, âWhy re-think thinking? Three myths about the mind.â Over the semester, I’m inviting the King’s community to explore how we thinkâand how we might think differentlyâwith help from colleagues across the College’s faculties and…
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Reflecting on Blackfriars: Then and Now
I am delighted to share that I have been appointed a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. This new and non-stipendiary roleâwhich I’ll hold in addition to my full-time role at King’sâis very much a homecoming. Blackfriars has had a tremendous impact on my academic and personal life, and I am honoured to continue my…
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Transitioning to King’s
They say that while change can happen instantly, transitions can take ages. Moving to King’s was, for me, a big change. Eleven years in Oxfordâfirst as a postgraduate, then as a postdocâmeant that the rhythms of that place had become second nature. I arrived expecting to be there for just nine months, a brief academic…
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Reflections on 2024: A Year of Growth and Opportunity
As I pause to look back on 2024, I marvel at how transformative this year has been. Itâs been a journey of new opportunities, significant milestones, and meaningful transitionsâall setting the stage for what lies ahead. From Oxford to Kingâs College London 2024 was marked with an intensive focus on developing and launching the Gen…
