Public Presentations, Media Appearances, & Online Publications

2021	‘Lay Ministry from a queer and Methodist perspective’.  Central Readers’ Council, Church of England. November.
	‘Genesis of Gender: Exploring Gender Diversity in the Hebrew Bible’. With R. Grant. Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham. February-April.
2019	‘Gender Beyond Male and Female in the Bible Workshop’. National Justice & Peace Network & Church Action on Poverty Conference, Swanwick, July.
2018	‘Gender Diversity in the Bible Workshop’. Hull URC Churches, Hull (Centre and West) & Beverley Circuits of the Methodist Church. 22 September.
	‘Gender Roles in Godly Play’. with C.H. Kennedy. Faith in Research 2018. Birmingham. 23 May.
	‘LGBT & Religion’. with Andrew Dalton (University of Sunderland). Open@TUOS LGBT Staff Network: LGBT History Month Seminar Series. University of Sheffield. 14 February.
	‘Reading Cispiciously Workshop’. Student Christian Movement. Sheffield. 31 January.
2017	‘Queerness in Faith’. Interfaith Week Event. Sheffield University Union, University of Sheffield. 16 November.
	Tim Farron, the Bible and Queerness. History Matters: History brought alive by the University of Sheffield. 27 July.
	What do you believe in, Tim Farron? The Queerness. 21 June.
	‘Meet Jacob…’ The Image Speaks 2017: Collaborative Exhibition. Communication your PhD through photography. Jessop West Building. University of Sheffield. From 24 April.
	Bringing the Arts out of the closet. Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland. 23 March.
	My Queer Research: Jo Henderson-Merrygold. Hidden Perspectives Research Seminar, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland. 17 March.
	Hidden Perspectives and the Cispicious Bible. Auckland Rainbow Community Church, Auckland. 14 March.
	Representation, self-disclosure and the role of the teacher in the study of religion. Religion in Public. 1 March.
	Hidden Perspectives Turns the World Upside Down. Hidden Perspectives. 23 February.
2016	How biblical double standards killed Hillary Clinton’s presidential run. The Conversation. 11 November.
	The Church’s Damning Edicts on Sexuality Challenge What It Means to be Human. William Temple Foundation Blog. 9 September.
	Orange is the New Black can teach us a lot about religion. The Conversation. 17 June.
	One Week to Go: Orange is the New Bible Promotional Video. Orange is the New Bible. 10 June.
	Genderqueering Sarah: Developing a hermeneutics of cis-picion. Festival of Arts and Humanities Showcase, Winter Gardens, Sheffield. 21 May.
	4 More Seasons?! Orange is the New Bible. 27 April.
	Skerratt, L., and Merrygold, J. 7 Ways the Bible is like Orange is the New Black. Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. 19 February.
	Interview with Andy Crane about Orange is the New Bible. BBC Radio Sheffield. Sunday Programme. 7 February.
2015	Knitting together a queer rainbow. LGBT Photo Exhibition. Jessop West Building. University of Sheffield. 23-27 February.
2014	Living with the ‘Call the Midwife’ nuns. Manchester Rotary Breakfast Charter Night. Manchester. 31 October. Invited paper.
	Re-reading the Bible in Public Life. William Temple Foundation Blog. 29 October. Invited contribution.
	35 Years of the Community Religions Project: Revisiting the Archives. First prize paper. Edward Boyle Bequest Lecture. RSA Yorkshire. Bar Convent, York. 22 March. Invited paper.
	Adams, S., Alexander, E., Merrygold, J. et al. Religious Mapping of Chapeltown: The complexity of community and identity in Chapeltown. Community Religions Project, University of Leeds.