Cathriona Russell has a B.Agr.Sc. and M.Agr.Sc. (Horticulture) from University College Dublin, and a B.A. and Ph.D. in Moral Theology from Trinity College Dublin. She has taught theology and ethics to undergraduate theologians and medics at Trinity College, and to distance-learning students at the Priory Institute, Tallaght. She is currently a Research Associate and Lecturer in the School of Religions and Theology, Trinity College Dublin.