Abigail Pasiuk

Supervisors:

Katherine Southwood

Gregory Lee Cuéllar 

College:

Regent's Park College

Thesis Title:

Dehumanized: Love and Justice as Tools to Humanely Incapacitate and Rehabilitate 

Research Interests:

The Study of Love and Religion, Intersections of Love and Justice, Mass Incarceration and Theology, Biblical Studies, Prison Reform, and Christian Ethics

Biography:

Abby Pasiuk is a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, where she is the recipient of the Tim Collins Scholarship for the study of love in religion. Her research integrates theology and criminology to examine how the misapplication of biblical texts has shaped the punitive nature of the U.S. criminal justice system. She argues that a more theologically sound understanding of love and justice can provide a framework for restorative and humane approaches to rehabilitation rather than focusing on retribution. 

Abby is also the founder of Remember Me, a grassroots prison ministry supporting incarcerated individuals and their families. As the daughter of a formerly incarcerated individual, her work is deeply informed by both academic inquiry and lived experience, driving her commitment to justice, liberation, and systemic reform. 

Prior to Oxford, Abby earned a Bachelor of Science in Religion from Liberty University and a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. She aims to bridge rigorous theological scholarship with real-world advocacy, demonstrating how love and justice can transform contemporary approaches to incarceration. 

Recent Publications:

"A Personal Reflection on Mass Incarceration" – Christian Ethics Today no. 113, 2019.