Katie B. Edwards

Katie Edwards (born 14 August 1978) is an English academic, author, cultural commentator, and broadcaster.

Early life

Edwards was born and raised in Mexborough, Doncaster, England and attended a comprehensive school in Rotherham.

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. She is currently a visiting fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Chester.

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. In 2018, an article Edwards co-authored about Jesus and sexual violence sparked widespread discussion in the media.

Edwards has presented a number of BBC Radio 4 programmes, including the 'Silence of the Lamb', 2018 Lent Talk, which Edwards wrote and presented. Edwards also presented the Yorkshire Poets episode of Radio 4's Tongue and Talk series and several episodes of the Radio 4 series Beyond Belief.

Edwards's work has featured in The Guardian, The i Newspaper, The Telegraph, The Washington Post, The Independent, Newsweek, local and national radio. and various podcasts.

Edwards has publicly discussed her experience of accent prejudice in higher education and her articles have been cited in the media, in English language subject educational materials, and academic work on accentism.

External links

• Official website
• Twitter account
• Author profile at The Independent
• Author profile at RCW Literary Agency