Dr Samuel Tranter

Sam is McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow in Christian Ethics and Public Life. He holds degrees from the University of Aberdeen (BD, MTh) and Durham University (PhD), and has taught theology and ethics in theological colleges and universities across the UK and, for a year, in Southeast Asia. Most recently, he was Director of Postgraduate Studies and then Academic Dean at Cranmer Hall, St John’s College, Durham University, and an Honorary Research Fellow of Durham’s Department of Theology and Religion.

Sam is a member of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics (formerly serving on the committee) and the Society for the Study of Theology. He has recently completed a PG Cert in Academic Practice, leading to Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.