Academic Backround

...the highlights, anyway

Degrees and diplomas

1995 Masters in Theology Qualifying (Theol M Qual)
Thesis topic: "A Survey of Christian Feminist Writings as They Relate to Corporate Worship - an examiniation of Uniting in Worship in the light of contemporary feminist theological writings"
Melbourne College of Divinity
1987 Bachelor of Divinity (BD)
Major: Ethics and Pastoral Care
Melbourne College of Divinity
1980 Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics (Grad Dip Nut & Diet) Queensland Institute of Technology
1977 Bachelor of Science in Agricultre (B Sc Agr)
Research topic: "The Effect of Feeding Oat Bran and Brown Meal to Broiler Chickens"
University of Sydney

Conference papers, workshops and teaching

2008 Society of Biblical Literature International Conference Participant Paper "Eyewitness testimony in psychological research - some consequences for Richard Bauckham's work"
2007 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Postgraduate Conference Participant Paper "If the Gospels were eyewitness accounts, what difference would it make to biblical scholarship?"
2007 Rice University, Houston, Texas Religious Studies Department Visiting Scholar, working with Prof April DeConick, Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies
2006 UNE RELS 306/406: Earliest Christianity: Social Context and Sacred Text Teaching Assistant - residential school: Methods of Textual Interpretation
2006 UNE Introductory Coptic Tutor
2006 Tertiary Campus Ministry Association Annual Conference Participant Paper "Commemorating Death on a Multi-cultural, Multi-faith Campus"
2005 NH&MRC Ethics in Human Research Conference  Participant Paper (with Dr Debra Panizzon)  "Evaluating online teaching - teachers as researchers"
2005 UNE Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Conference  Participant Paper   "The Parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas - a comparison with the Synoptic versions"
2002,3,5 Tertiary Campus Ministry Association Annual Conference Participant Workshop Introduction to Tertiary Chaplaincy 
1996 "A Virtual University?" National Conference
University of Melbourne
Participant Case Study  "Creating Community and Collegiality on a Virtual Campus"