Dr Susannah Crockford (she/her)

I am a lecturer in anthropology, specialising in environmental and medical anthropology and the anthropology of religion. Within the University of Exeter, I am an affiliate of the Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, Egenis the Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences, the Magic Centre, and the Global Systems Institute. My first book, Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona, was published in May 2021 by the University of Chicago Press. It was a Finalist for the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Analytic-Descriptive Studies in 2022. My second book, A Perturbed System: Religion and Climate Change at the End of a World, is a multi-sited ethnography of climate change examining the role of religion in climate discourse, and will be published in July 2026 by the University of Chicago Press. In 2025, I was awarded the New Investigator Grant by the Economic and Social Research Council for a 2-year research project beginning January 2026 that will examine the ethics and politics of wellness and spirituality in south-west England.