Dr. Niamh Middleton worked as a primary school teacher from 1979-2002. She studied theology in Mater Dei, Dublin and the Pontifical University Maynooth, obtaining her doctorate in theology in 2003. Since 2005 she has been lecturing full time in Theology and Philosophy in Dublin City University (DCU). Her main area of research concerns the implications of evolutionary theory for Christianity and the relationship between religion and science overall. She has decided to take early retirement this year in order to focus on writing.