Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Protestantism in Ireland since 1600
- Comparative history of evangelical Protestantism
- Pre-Troubles religious history of Northern Ireland
Public outreach & key achievements
- Historical consultant for three-part BBC landmark history of Irish Presbyterianism, An Independent People (Spring 2013)
- Historical consultant for BBC programme Rebel Heart: The Life of Mary Ann McCracken (Autumn 2015)
- Contributor to historical documentaries on radio and television
- Delivered talks to local history groups, museums, and sixth-form conferences
- Consultant on the government-funded Ulster Scots Education Project
Research students
| PhD Title | The churches, Northern Ireland and the Second World War |
| Country | UK/Ireland |
| PhD Title | The Victoria Institute 1865-1932: a case study in the relationship between science and religion |
| Country | UK/Ireland |
| PhD Title | Scottish Presbyterian Dissent after the Disruption, 1843-63 |
| Country | UK/Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | The public career of the Revd Isaac Nelson |
| Country | UK/Ireland |
| Current Position | Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, UCD, 2014-16 |
| PhD Title | Irish Covenanters: Politics and Society in the nineteenth century |
| Country | UK/Ireland |
| Current Position | Principal, Scottish Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary |