Dr. Susanna Snyder

Biography

Susanna Snyder is a Departmental Lecturer in Applied Theology, holding degrees from the University of Cambridge (MA) and the University of Birmingham (BATS, PhD). She has previously taught at Emory University, Episcopal Divinity School, and the University of Texas at Austin. Susanna has served as Academic Dean at Ripon College Cuddesdon and as Director of Research at Sarum College in Salisbury. Her research focuses on practical theology, immigration, refugees, social justice intersections, and the relationship between spirituality and the arts. Notable publications include 'Asylum-Seeking, Migration and the Church' (Ashgate, 2012) and 'Parenting for a World: Social Justice Practices for Family and Planet' (Chalice, 2022). She is currently engaged in a collaborative project exploring experiences and understandings of hope, funded by the Susanna Wesley Foundation. Susanna is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Advance member of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics and the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology. As the academic coordinator for the Ecclesiology and Ethnography Network Conference at Durham, she also serves on the editorial board of 'Studies in Christian Ethics'.

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