Having taught RE in secondary schools in England, S. Wallis is now an ESRC-funded PhD candidate in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick. His doctoral research examines the relationship between the lives of young people who self-identify as having ‘no religion’ and the theorization of ‘religion’, ‘non-religion’ and other related concepts in the field. His research interests include religion and youth; religious education; atheism, humanism, and religious doubt; material culture; and visual methodologies. He has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Religious Studies.