Career
After working as the Northern Regional Secretary of the Student Christian Movement (1981-84) and four years as ecumenical lay chaplain at Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University), Graham joined the University of Manchester in 1988 as a lecturer in social and pastoral theology. She was appointed to the position of Samuel Ferguson Professor of Social and Pastoral Theology, succeeding Ronald Preston (1970-81) and Tony Dyson (1981-98) in June 1998. She later held the position of Head of the School of Religions and Theology & Middle Eastern Studies from 2000 to 2004.
During her time at Manchester, Graham organised or hosted a number of conferences which reflected her research interests in public theology, urban issues, gender and human sexuality and the ethics of new technologies. She also lectured and given papers at many international conferences and seminars.
Graham was the President of the International Academy of Practical Theology from 2005 to 2007 and was a member of the Archbishops' Commission on Urban Life and Faith, which published the report Faithful Cities: A call for celebration, vision and justice (Methodist Publishing House, 2006). She is also a member of the BBC Standing Conference on Religion and Belief and occasional broadcaster and contributor to the Church Times newspaper.
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