Thoko is a sociologist of Science and Religion based at St John’s College, Durham University. Her academic background is in the Sociology of Religion (MA), the History and Theory of Psychology (MSc) and Science and Technology Studies (Ph.D.). Her work is grounded in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK) and explores notions of rationality, the relationship between the construction of scientific and religious knowledge, and the correlation between funding cultures and discipline formation. She is currently spearheading a cross-national study on the attitudes of senior church leaders toward science and science-engaged theology. She is also engaged in bringing STS into the social study of science and religion by consolidating existing work and building a network of scholars who take an STS approach to the science/religion intersection.