Invited Papers/ Lectures/Panel Discussions

1. November 2022, The Big Debate: Climate Change, as part of Interfaith Week at University Centre Warrington, Chair of discussion panl
2. November 2022, “Diversifying and decolonising the teaching of religion and worldviews” Keynote at TMRS Icons, Manchester
3. September 2022, “Religion and Freedom of Speech” at Altrincham Interfaith Group
4. July 2022, Panel Discussion “Religious Education as a way to combat anti-religious hatred” at Freedom of Religion and Belief Ministerial Fringe Events, London, UK
5. March 2022, “Towards a Latter-day Saint theology of religions: How do we live theologically in a pluralist world?” Keynote at Global Mormon Studies 2020 Conference, From the Outside Looking In: International Latter-day Saints and Their Neighbours, Coventry University, UK
6. March 2022, “Beyond Tolerance” at the University of Chester Diversity Festival
7. March 2022, “Sharing Our Stories” at the University of Chester Diversity Festival
8. January 2022 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at University of Winchester
9. November 2021, “My Whole Self” at MHFA Network, University of Chester
10. November 2021, “Religious Freedom in the UK” as part of Inter-faith Week
11. July 2021, Chair of Freedom Declared Foundation Webinar “Inter Faith and Belief Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom”
12. June 2021, Panel Discussion about Religious Education, Telford and Wrekin RE Conference Day 2
13. June 2021, “Religious Education in Telford and Wrekin: An Introduction to the Agreed Syllabus” Telford and Wrekin RE Conference Day 1
14. April 2021, ‘The Messiness of Religion” for the Annual Lecture Programme at Cambourne Village College
15. March 2021, “Faith in University” at the University of Chester’s Diversity Festival
16. March 2021 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at University of Winchester
17. February 2021 “Teaching outside the chocolate box: the challenge and messiness of religion and religious education” at Kitchen Sessions, University of Chester
18. January 2021 “Sitting as a Latter-day Saint at the interfaith table: a personal and theological reflection” public lecture at Altrincham Interfaith Group
19. January 2021 “The Messiness of religions: challenging the world religions paradigm in the teaching of Religious Education” at the Institute of Education, London
20. October 2020, ‘Being Still: Finding the Calm in your own four walls’ at University of Chester, Student Wellbeing Day
21. September 2020 “Book Reading: Beyond the Big Six” to University of Chester Alumni Reunion
22. September 2020, The Messiness of religions: challenging the world religions paradigm in the teaching of Religious Education” at TMRS Icons
23. September, 2020 “Teaching outside the chocolate box: the challenge and messiness of religion and religious education” Keynote to Cumbria SACRE Annual Conference (Postponed due to Covid 19)
24. July 2020 Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” At TMRS Icons
25. June 2020 Member of Interfaith panel discussion, Repton School, Derbyshire
26. May 2020 ‘Teaching Islam in the Primary and Secondary Schools’ at University of Chester Faculty of Education CPD sessions
27. May 2020, ‘Being Still: Finding the Calm in your own four walls’ at University of Chester, Staff Wellbeing Day
28. May 2020, ‘Being Still: Finding the Calm in your own four walls’ at University of Chester, Student Wellbeing Day
29. March 2020 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at University College London
30. February 2020 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at the University of Cumbria
31. February 2020 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at Bishop Grosseteste University
32. February 2020 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” To Lincolnshire NATRE RE Hub
33. January 2020 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at the University of Birmingham
34. January 2020 “What is RE? Exploring the pedagogies of RE.” at the University of Birmingham
35. January 2020 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at Birmingham City University
36. November 2019 “Beyond the Chocolate Box: Religion and Worldviews in a Post-Truth World” Public Lecture at University Centre Shrewsbury
37. November 2019 “Expanding the Boundaries in the Teaching of Religion and Worldviews Beyond the Big Six Religions.” at Edgehill University, Religion Now! series of lectures
38. November 2019” Religion and Education” Keynote address at Sex and Relationship Education– Addressing Faith Communities Concerns Conference at Faith Network for Manchester
39. April 2019, “Minority Voices within Religion” Public Launch of the Lunchtime Lecture Series at Storyhouse Chester, part of the University of Chester Research and Knowledge Transfer Festival
40. October 2018 ‘Religious Education Today’ to Public Lecture at York Inter-faith Forum
41. June 2017 ‘Assessing A Level Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster Heads of RE Conference
42. March 2017 ‘Teaching World Religions using Sikhism as a case study’ Annual SACRE Lecture of the Cheshire West and Chester SACRE
43. November 2016 ‘Assessing GCSE Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster Heads of RE Conference
44. July 2016 ‘Teaching GCSE Religious Studies’ to Aquinas Conference at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham
45. June 2016 ‘Teaching GCSE and A Level Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster Teachers’ Conference
46. May 2016 ‘Teaching A Level Religious Studies’ to Academy Conferences at the University of Oxford
47. April 2016 ‘Teachi-ng GCSE and A Level Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nottingham Teachers’ Conference
48. March 2016 ‘Teaching GCSE and A Level Religious Studies’ to Durham Local Authority Teachers’ Conference
49. March 2016 ‘Teaching GCSE and A Level Religious Studies’ to North Yorkshire Local Authority Teachers’ Conference
50. March 2016 ‘Teaching GCSE and A Level Religious Studies’ to Bromsgrove Local Authority Teachers’ Conference
51. February 2016 ‘Teaching GCSE and A Level Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool Teachers’ Conference
52. February 2016, “A Level Religious Studies” Keynote Address at Harris Academy Trust Academies Training Day London
53. November 2015 ‘Teaching GCSE Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham Teachers’ Conference
54. November 2015 ‘Teaching GCSE Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham Teachers’ Conference
55. November 2015 ‘Teaching GCSE Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster Teachers’ Conference
56. October 2015 ‘Teaching GCSE Religious Studies’ to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool Teachers’ Conference
57. November 2015, “A Latter-day Saint approach to addiction, its aetiology and treatment” at Chester Studies of Addiction, Recovery and Spirituality Group Conference
58. June 2015, “Inter-faith dialogue: A transformational third space” at Education Week, University of Oxford
59. June 2015, ” Inter-faith dialogue: Islam and Christianity” at Education Week, University of Oxford
60. June 2015, ” The importance of a coherent teaching identity: Reflection on belief and education” at Education Week, University of Oxford
61. October 2014, “Why do we have to do RE? The importance of RE for pupils and schools” Keynote Address at Harris Academy Trust Academies Training Day London
62. June 2014, “The Unspeakable Gift: The Role of the Spirit in Mormonism” at Mormon Theology Seminar, BYU London
63. November 2013, “A Response to the RE Review” at University of York St. John
64. November 2013, “A Response to the RE Review” at Liverpool Hope University
65. September 2013, “Inter-faith dialogue: a transformational third space” at Oxford Council of Faith Annual General Meeting.
66. March 2013 “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” to the Inter-faith Society of the University of Manchester
67. October 2012 “Mitt Romney’s Mormonism: Implications for the 2012 Election and Beyond” at Lancaster University, Public Lecture, Department of Politics and Religion
68. August 2012 “Piercing the Veneer of Reality, Tolkien’s Spiritual Visions” at The Return of the Ring: Annual Conference of the Tolkien Society, University of Loughborough
69. February 2012 “The Journey of gaining a PhD” at the University of Chester Graduate School Training
70. February 2007- Becoming a member of a SACRE- exemplar lesson and workshop delivered on behalf of REC and NASACRE
71. October 2006- “Becoming an AST in RE” and “Assessment at GCSE” at Oldham RE Conference
72. October 2004 “New Religious Movements in the Secondary RE Classroom” at the Westhill/PCfRE Seminar ‘RE and Inclusion’

Papers Presented:

1. March 2022, “Religious Freedom in the UK” at Church History Symposium, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City Temple Square and BYU
2. June 2021 “Teaching to transform: bell hooks and her influence for our classrooms” at University of Chester Learning and Teaching Conference
3. March 2020, “Towards a Latter-day Saint theology of religions: How do we live theologically in a pluralist world?” at Global Mormon Studies 2020 Conference, From the Outside Looking In: International Latter-day Saints and Their Neighbours, Coventry University, UK (postponed due to COVID 19)
4. March 2020, “A transformative third space: Latter-day Saints and popular culture” at Mormon Scholars in the Humanities Annual Conference, University of Oxford, UK (postponed due to COVID 19)
5. February 2020, “The Boundaries of Islam” at British Islam 2020 Conference, organised by new Horizons in Islam, Amnesty International, London, UK
6. March 2019, “Towards a Latter-day Saint theology of religions” at University of Utah, Society of Mormon Philosophy and Theology
7. July 2018, “Initial Teacher Education and Christian Distinctiveness at the University of Chester” at Liverpool Hope University, National Institute of Christian Education Research
8. July 2017, “Teaching ‘as one having authority’: implications for a Christian educator” at Christian Education and Contemporary Culture, Canterbury Christ Church University, National Institute of Christian Education Research
9. November 2016, “Engaging with beliefs in the formation of teacher identity” at Exploration of Religious Voices and Identities in Higher Education, University of Manchester
10. October 2016, “Prevent and RE: An uneasy relationship” at Words Beyond Words, Annual Conference of NATRE and AULRE
11. June 2016, “A Christ Centred Pedagogy: Lessons from the example of the Master Teacher” at Christian Faith and Formation, Centre for Christian Education and Pastoral Theology, Liverpool Hope University
12. January 2014, “Mormons and the Media: A historical analysis” at INFORM 25^th Anniversary Conference, London School of Economics
13. September 2013, “‘I’m a Mormon’: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its utilization of an integrated media campaign. What is its purpose?” at Global Network for Public Theology, Third Triennial Consultation- The Word and the World: Global Theology in a Media Age, University of Chester
14. July 2013, “A reflection on Government policies on the subject of religious education: misunderstandings and the way forward.” at Subject and Subjectivities Conference, Edgehill University.
15. March 2013 “Religion in Orson Scott Card’s Enders Saga” at the National Conference of The Popular Culture Association/ American Popular Culture Association, Washington DC.
16. September 2012 “A Wittgensteinian Problem: Restricted or Universal Salvation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” at Alternative Salvations Conference, University of Chester
17. August 2012 “A Latter-day Saint reading of Tolkien” at The Return of the Ring: Annual Conference of the Tolkien Society, University of Loughborough
18. July 2012 “Faith based practice? The impact of a teacher’s beliefs on the classroom” at Re-Imagining Christian Education for the 21st Century, Liverpool Hope University
19. March 2012 “A new approach to Pneumatology” at Society for the Study of Theology Annual Conference, University of York
20. March 2012 “’It becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbour’: The Mormon Imperative to Spread the Word” at ‘Spreading the Word’ Seventeenth Theology and Religious Studies Conference. University of Bristol.
21. August 2011 “The Holy Ghost in Latter-day Saint ritual experience” at European Mormon Studies Association annual conference, University of Durham
22. June 2011 presented to TRS Faculty and PhD Students of the University of Chester a paper entitled “LDS- Evangelical Dialogue”
23. May 2011 “The creation of a myth- Tolkien and his influences” at Myths, Legends and Folklore Conference Cardiff University
24. February 2011 “They’re not all the same: reflections on teaching minority ethnic and religious pupils” public lecture at University of Chester Diversity Festival
25. March 2010 “The Dichotomy of Interfaith Dialogue: A Way Forward” at BYU Studies Symposium, BYU, Provo, Utah
26. March 2010 presented to TRS Faculty and PhD Students of the University of Chester a paper entitled “Ecclesiology and salvation”
27. June 2009 “Beyond the Big Six: New Religious Movements and the RE Classroom” at Engaging RE Conference, Liverpool Hope University
28. May 2008 “Fostering or Failing Faith” to Mormon Scholars in the Humanities Conference at Southern Virginia University