Academic CV
Publications
“Of Sea Serpents and Forest Dwellers: addressing colonialism and extractivism on the River Lee,” chapter in upcoming publication Telling a Different Story: Religion, Extractivism and (Green) Colonialism in Europe, pending peer review.
Presentations
“’Now is the time to fix it’: Hauntings of Marx and Descartes on the River Lee,” Haunted Futures Conference, UCC, 30 September 2026
“Co-Creation in Trans/Ecology: Using Participatory and Artistic Methodologies to Ask How Trans Experience Can Speak to Larger Social Crises,” TransCare 2026: Developing Creative Practices for Trans, Gender‑Diverse and Intersex Inclusive Healthcare Research and Education, UCC, 11 September 2026
“Of Sea Goddesses and Forest Dwellers: addressing colonialism and extractivism on the River Lee,” at Telling a Different Story – Religion, Extractivism and (Green) Colonialism in Europe, eighth international conference of the European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment (EFSRE), University College Stockholm, 8 May 2026
“Of Crows, Eels, and Abbots: Transqueer Spirituality in Relation to the Irish Landscape,” Study of Religions Research Seminar Series, UCC, 11 March 2026
“‘Change Came Over Me’: Queer and trans ecological readings of Irish folklore,” CACSSS Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork, 17 February 2026
“Of Crows, Eels, and Abbots: Transqueer spirituality in the Irish context,” Queen’s University, 5 February 2026
“Transqueer Irish folklore readings along the River Lee,” Transqueer Ecological Justice Workshop, 25-26 Nov 2025
“Trans Bodies and Ecologies on the River Lee: subverting the colonial legacies of gender and nature in Ireland,” Trans* Research Association of Ireland 2nd Annual Symposium, Queen’s University Belfast, 20-21 Nov 2025.
“Indigenous Knowledge and Self-Determination: Decolonial Responses to the Polycrisis,” panel discussion, Mary Robinson Climate and Nature Conference, 26 May 2025.
“‘We Only Want the Earth’: The Role of Nature Based Spiritualities in Addressing Ecological Crisis in Ireland and the United States,” Radical Humanities Lab Salon, University College Cork, 24 April 2025.
“For Love of Land: Can Nature Spiritualities and Folk Religions Inspire Ecological Change,” The Study of Religions Undergraduate and Postgraduate Conference – Love and Religions, University College Cork, 29 March 2025.
Teaching
Guest Lecture on “Queer Ecologies” in WS6005 Gender and Society, University College Cork, 25 March 2026
Lecturing in RG1001 Religions in the Contemporary: An Introduction to the Study of Religions, University College Cork, 2025-26, 2026-2027
Taught module RG2309 Contemporary Religions in Ireland, University College Cork, 2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27
Research Awards
UCC Travel Bursary, 2025
Utrecht Research Grant, 2025–26
Working Groups
Indigenous Rights Cluster, University College Cork School of Law
Climate Justice Universities Union
Memberships
European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment
American Academy of Religion
Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religion
Trans* Research Association of Ireland