The Rev’d Professor Maggi Dawn (PhD) grew up in England, and her first career was as a songwriter and performer in the music business. She then returned to university, taking degrees in theology at Cambridge University.

Since being ordained she has combined her love of the arts, theology and church life in a series of roles. She has been Fellow at Cambridge, then Associate Dean of Yale Divinity School, and more recently Professor of theology and college Principal at Durham University. In addition, she has spent time as Artist in Residence at the Diocese of Newark, NJ, Ruth Etchells Fellow and Visiting Fellow at Durham University, and a regular contributor on theology and the arts at the Church of the