In 1986, she graduated from St. Hilda's College, Oxford where her doctoral thesis, "The Organisation and Institutions of Female Asceticism in Fourth Century Cappadocia and Egypt", was supervised by classical historian, John F. Matthews.
In 1986, she graduated from St. Hilda's College, Oxford. Her thesis on The Organisation and Institutions of Female Asceticism in Fourth Century Cappadocia and Egypt was supervised by Classical historian, John F. Matthews.