Katie B. Edwards
Dr Katie Edwards | |
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Born | Mexborough, Doncaster, UK. |
Occupation | author, broadcaster, academic |
Language | English |
Education | BA Hons (First Class); PhD. |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Spouse | Mathew Guest |
Website | |
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Katie Edwards (born 14 August 1978) is an English academic,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] author,[9] cultural commentator,[10] and broadcaster.
Early life[]
Edwards was born and raised in Mexborough, Doncaster, England[11] and attended a comprehensive school in Rotherham.[12]
Education[]
Edwards was awarded a first class degree and a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Sheffield, where she worked as an academic in the School of English from 2012 to 2020.[13] She is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Chester.[14]
Career[]
Religion and sexual violence is a key area of Edwards's academic research. Until 2020, she was a founding co-director of The Shiloh Project, an academic collaboration dedicated to the study of religion and rape culture.[15][16] In 2018, an article Edwards co-authored about Jesus and sexual violence[17][18] sparked widespread discussion in the media.[19]
Edwards has presented a number of BBC Radio 4 programmes, including the 'Silence of the Lamb',[20][21][22][23][24] 2018 Lent Talk,[25] which Edwards wrote and presented. Edwards also presented the Yorkshire Poets episode of Radio 4's Tongue and Talk series[26] and several episodes of the Radio 4 series Beyond Belief.[27][28][29][30][31]
Edwards's work has featured in The Guardian,[32] The Telegraph, The Washington Post,[33] The Independent,[34] Newsweek,[35] local and national radio.[36][37] and various podcasts.[38][39][40][41][42]
Edwards has publicly discussed her experience of accent prejudice in higher education and her articles have been cited in the media,[43][44][45][46][47] in English language subject educational materials,[48] and academic work on accentism.[49][50]
Edwards co-hosts Noirthern, a podcast focusing on the portrayal of Northern locations in crime fiction.[51]
References[]
- ^ "Admen and Eve: The Bible in Contemporary Advertising". SBL Central. Society of Biblical Literature. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Admen and Eve". Bible and Critical Theory. 10 (2). 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Clanton, Jr., Dan W. (2020). The Oxford Handbook to the Bible and American Popular Culture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190461416. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Scholz, Susanne (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190462680. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Researcher of the Month – May 2020, Dr Katie Edwards". Religion in Public. Centre for the Study of Religion in Public Life, University of Leeds. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Maric, Bojan (28 September 2018). "Festival of the Mind". WideWalls. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Sykes, Tom. "The Birth of Hip Hop/Universe Rap". Behance. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Moody, Oliver (11 October 2014). "Hip hop stars are keeping Bible alive, Church told". The Times. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Katie Edwards Author". RCW Literary Agency. RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Katie Edwards Author Profile". The Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Katie (9 December 2014). "Shut yer face! I'm fed up being ridiculed for my regional accent". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Katie (21 March 2018). "I was Taught Silence was Strength. Then I witnessed sexual assaults". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "My Research in 60 Seconds or Less". YouTube. The University of Sheffield Faculty of Arts. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Dr Katie Edwards". Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester. University of Chester. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "The Shiloh Project: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible". UK Research and Innovation. UKRI. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Everyday Rape Cultures and Religion: A Complex Relationship? Dr Katie Edwards in conversation with Dr Dawn Llewellyn". Storyhouse. Storyhouse Women. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Katie (23 March 2018). "#HimToo - Why Jesus Should Be Recognised as a Victim of Sexual Violence". The Conversation UK. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Burgess, Kaya (27 March 2018). "#HimToo: Jesus was a sex abuse victim, say scholars". The Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Street-Porter, Janet (30 March 2018). "Including Jesus in the #MeToo Movement is a Step Too Far". The Independent. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "The Silence of the Lamb". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "2018 Jerusalem Award Winners". Jerusalem Awards. Jerusalem Awards. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "2019 Sandford St Martin Award Winners and Runners Up". The Sandford St Martin Trust. The Sandford St Martin Trust. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Wickham, Edward (29 March 2018). "Radio review: Paradise Lost, Lent Talk, and Thinking Allowed". Church Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Chisholm, Kate (22 March 2018). "The new seekers". The Spectator. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Lent Talks". Radio Times. Radio Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Beyond Belief: Marriage". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Sharing Quaker Views on Marriage". Quaker UK. Quaker UK. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Beyond Belief: Wordsworth". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Beyond Belief: Dieting". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Beyond Belief: Religion Online". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Katie (10 June 2019). "Gerraway with accentism – I'm proud to speak Yorkshire". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Katie (14 July 2017). "How Beyoncé's Virgin Mary imagery challenges racist, religious and sexual stereotypes". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Author Profile". The Independent. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Katie (6 February 2017). "Beyoncé's Pregnancy Announcement Re-Enacts Religious Symbolism and Challenges Racism". Newsweek. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Beyond Belief". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Where Have All the Accents Gone". AudioBoom. BBC Radio 4, Broadcasting House. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Katie Edwards (Sheffield) podcast - Rethinking Biblical Literacy". Bloomsbury T&T Clark's Podcasts. Bloomsbury. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Episode 2. Hagar (Genesis 16 and 21)". #SheToo Podcast Series. The Bible Society. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Where Have All the Accents Gone?". Broadcasting House Podacst. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "The Shiloh Project: how it began". The Shiloh Podcast. The Shiloh Project. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Noirthern Podcast Episodes". Noirthern. Noirthern. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Clavane, Anthony (14 June 2019). "News Opinion Columnists Why more than a quarter of Britons feel discriminated against because of their regional accent". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Hope, Christopher (21 January 2015). "People should not be held back by their accents, says Esther McVey". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ R.L.G. (29 January 2015). "The Last Acceptable Prejudice". The Economist. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Peacock, Holly (9 December 2014). "Why is Regional Prejudice Still a Thing?". Grazia Daily. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Havergal, Chris (25 July 2016). "Students with Regional Accents Getting 'Ridiculed and Silenced'". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ AQA. "A-level English Language Hub School Network Meeting Worksheets" (PDF). AQA Store. AQA. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Crew, Teresa (December 2020). Hostile Encounters. In: Higher Education and Working-Class Academics. Palgrave Pivot. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58352-1_4. ISBN 978-3-030-58351-4. S2CID 243546568. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Crew, Teresa (2020). Higher Education and Working-Class Academics Precarity and Diversity in Academia. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030583521. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Noirthern Podcast Episodes". Noirthern. Noirthern. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
External links[]
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Mexborough
- People from South Yorkshire
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- People from Doncaster
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