Katie B. Edwards

Katie Edwards
Edwards in 2015
Edwards in 2015
BornMexborough, Doncaster, England
OccupationWriter, broadcaster, academic
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield (BA, PhD)
SpouseMathew Guest
Website
www.katiebedwards.com

Katie Edwards (born 14 August 1978) is an English academic,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations] writer,[9] columnist,[10] and broadcaster.

Early life

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Edwards was born and raised in Mexborough, Doncaster, England[11] and attended a comprehensive school in Rotherham.[12]

Education

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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

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Academic Research

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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]

Broadcasting

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Edwards is a radio presenter [20] [21][22][23][24][25] and appears regularly on local and national radio as a current affairs commentator.[26][27]

Edwards wrote and presented the 2018 Lent Talk 'Silence of the Lamb' for BBC Radio 4, which won The Jerusalem Award in the Festivals (Radio) category in 2018 and was awarded Runner Up in the Audio/Radio category at the Sandford St Martin Awards in 2019.[28][29][30][31][32][33]

Edwards has written several articles about the trolling of Katie Price in the national press.[34][35][36] In December 2022, Edwards featured in a Channel 5 documentary, Shameless: The Rise and Fall of Katie Price, charting Price's career trajectory.

Journalism

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Edwards has written widely for the Press, including The Guardian,[37] The i Newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, The Washington Post,[38] the New Statesman, The Independent,[39] and Newsweek.[40]

Coverage of Depp V Heard US Defamation Trial

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Edwards wrote extensively on the Depp v. Heard trial in 2022 and was interviewed by news channels, including BBC Worldwide, TalkTV and numerous radio programmes, commenting on the ruling in April 2022. She also covered the impact of the trial in the months following its conclusion.[41]

Work On Accent Prejudice

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Edwards has publicly discussed her experience of accent prejudice in higher education and her articles have been cited in the media,[42][43][44][45][46] in English language subject educational materials,[47] and academic work on accentism.[48][49]

References

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  1. ^ "Admen and Eve: The Bible in Contemporary Advertising". SBL Central. Society of Biblical Literature. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Admen and Eve". Bible and Critical Theory. 10 (2). 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Clanton, Jr., Dan W. (2020). The Oxford Handbook to the Bible and American Popular Culture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190461416. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ Scholz, Susanne (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190462680. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Maric, Bojan (28 September 2018). "Festival of the Mind". WideWalls. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. ^ Sykes, Tom (September 2014). "The Birth of Hip Hop/Universe Rap". Behance. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ^ Moody, Oliver (11 October 2014). "Hip hop stars are keeping Bible alive, Church told". The Times. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Katie Edwards Author". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Katie Edwards Author Profile". The Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ^ Edwards, Katie (9 December 2014). "Shut yer face! I'm fed up being ridiculed for my regional accent". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  12. ^ Edwards, Katie (21 March 2018). "I was Taught Silence was Strength. Then I witnessed sexual assaults". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  13. ^ "My Research in 60 Seconds or Less". YouTube. The University of Sheffield Faculty of Arts. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Dr Katie Edwards". Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Chester. University of Chester. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  15. ^ "The Shiloh Project: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible". UK Research and Innovation. UKRI. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Everyday Rape Cultures and Religion: A Complex Relationship? Dr Katie Edwards in conversation with Dr Dawn Llewellyn". Storyhouse. Storyhouse Women. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  17. ^ Edwards, Katie (23 March 2018). "#HimToo - Why Jesus Should Be Recognised as a Victim of Sexual Violence". The Conversation UK. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  18. ^ Burgess, Kaya (27 March 2018). "#HimToo: Jesus was a sex abuse victim, say scholars". The Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  19. ^ Street-Porter, Janet (30 March 2018). "Including Jesus in the #MeToo Movement is a Step Too Far". The Independent. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Beyond Belief: Marriage". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Sharing Quaker Views on Marriage". Quaker UK. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Beyond Belief: Wordsworth". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Beyond Belief: Dieting". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Beyond Belief: Religion Online". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Beyond Belief". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  27. ^ "Where Have All the Accents Gone". AudioBoom. BBC Radio 4, Broadcasting House. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  28. ^ "The Silence of the Lamb". BBC Radio 4. BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  29. ^ "2018 Jerusalem Award Winners". Jerusalem Awards. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  30. ^ "2019 Sandford St Martin Award Winners and Runners Up". The Sandford St Martin Trust. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  31. ^ Wickham, Edward (29 March 2018). "Radio review: Paradise Lost, Lent Talk, and Thinking Allowed". Church Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  32. ^ Chisholm, Kate (22 March 2018). "The new seekers". The Spectator. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  33. ^ "Lent Talks". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  34. ^ Edwards, Katie. "Katie Price: For Once, Let's Be Kind *Before* The Tragedy Happens". Medium. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  35. ^ Edwards, Katie. "How the Media Treatment of Katie Price Reflects Hatred of Working-class Women". Medium. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  36. ^ Edwards, Katie (26 January 2021). "We love to hate Katie Price – and all because she is a working class woman". The Independent. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  37. ^ Edwards, Katie (10 June 2019). "Gerraway with accentism – I'm proud to speak Yorkshire". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  38. ^ Edwards, Katie (14 July 2017). "How Beyoncé's Virgin Mary imagery challenges racist, religious and sexual stereotypes". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  39. ^ "Author Profile". The Independent. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  40. ^ Edwards, Katie (6 February 2017). "Beyoncé's Pregnancy Announcement Re-Enacts Religious Symbolism and Challenges Racism". Newsweek. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  41. ^ Edwards, Katie (17 May 2023). "Spare me all this talk of cancel culture – just look at Johnny Depp in Cannes". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  42. ^ 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.
  43. ^ Hope, Christopher (21 January 2015). "People should not be held back by their accents, says Esther McVey". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  44. ^ R.L.G. (29 January 2015). "The Last Acceptable Prejudice". The Economist. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  45. ^ Peacock, Holly (9 December 2014). "Why is Regional Prejudice Still a Thing?". Grazia Daily. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  46. ^ Havergal, Chris (25 July 2016). "Students with Regional Accents Getting 'Ridiculed and Silenced'". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  47. ^ AQA. "A-level English Language Hub School Network Meeting Worksheets" (PDF). AQA Store. AQA. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  48. ^ Crew, Teresa (December 2020). "Hostile Encounters". Higher Education and Working-Class Academics. Palgrave Pivot. pp. 69–94. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58352-1_4. ISBN 978-3-030-58351-4. S2CID 243546568. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  49. ^ Crew, Teresa (2020). Higher Education and Working-Class Academics Precarity and Diversity in Academia. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030583521. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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