ABOUT LIZ FISCHER
I am a researcher and teacher dedicated to engaging profound questions of human knowledge, relationships, and meaning through the lenses of philosophy and theology. This interdisciplinary approach shapes both my research pursuits and my pedagogy as I endeavor to inspire and support students in their pursuit of wisdom by facilitating curious, thoughtful, and courageous conversations about the things that matter to us.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame.
RESEARCH & TEACHING
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate (current)
BTh Dissertation Supervisor (2025)
Teaching Assistant (2025)
University of Notre Dame
Pursuing research on the resilience of relational faith and trust, with particular focus on evaluating divine trustworthiness in the context of unanswered prayer.
Regent's Park, University of Oxford
Supervised Bachelor of Theology finalist’s project on Camus and Christian theodicy.
Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
Providing teaching support for undergraduate Christian Ethics course taught by Matthew Kirkpatrick; providing written and in-person feedback on student essay drafts
Non-stipendiary Tutor in Philosophy (2024)
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Teaching Tutor (2024–2025)
Teacher Training and Mentorship Scheme (2024)
Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
Co-taught undergraduate seminar in Philosophical Theology with Max Baker-Hytch. Course based on discussion of two contrasting set texts each week. (Evaluations available upon request).
University of Oxford
Delivered tutorials in Philosophical Theology (contracts teaching students at Keble College, Wycliffe Hall, and Regent’s Park).
University of Oxford
Undertook training to gain certification to teach at the University; delivered tutorials to
third-year undergraduate students with mentor supervision.
PUBLICATIONS
Published and In Progress
PUBLISHED
Fischer, Lizibeth. 2023. ‘Faith, Trust, and Proportionate Resilience: A Discussion Note on “How Does Trust Relate to Faith” by McKaughan and Howard-Snyder’. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 53 (5): 456–61. https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2024.27.
IN PROGRESS
Fischer, Lizibeth. ‘Steadfast faith in the face of unanswered prayer: resilience or self-gaslighting?’ Preparing to submit (late 2025) to Faith and Philosophy.
Fischer, Lizibeth, and A.G. Holdier. ‘Before Vertue: the adaptation in C. S. Lewis’s The Pilgrim’s Regress of the virtue-companion motif in Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress’. Preparing to submit (early 2026) to Sehnsucht.
EDUCATION
Academic Qualifications
DPhil in Philosophical Theology
University of Oxford, 2025
Supervisors: Mark Wynn (primary) and Tom Simpson
Examined by: Daniel McKaughan (external) and Brendan Harris (internal)
MSc in Philosophy
University of Glasgow, 2021
MA in Theological Studies
Regent College, 2019
Certificate in Theological Studies
University of Oxford, 2016
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Lizibeth Fischer
