Daniela is an Associate Lecturer of Systematic Theology at AC, and her research articulates a unique intersection between systematic pneumatology and animal studies. Daniela is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and her academic memberships extend to the Australasian Animal Studies Association, A Rocha Australia, and the Pentecostal World Fellowship Creation Care Task Force. Outside academia, she is a member of the Warrnambool Environment and Sustainability Advisory Committee, contributing to local environmental discussions and sustainable community initiatives. In 2025, Daniela was awarded both the Alphacrucis President's Doctoral Research Medal and the inaugural Ross Winchester Award for Pentecostal Studies for her innovative contributions to Pentecostal theological research.
Daniela's published research is in the field of Pentecostal studies, and centres on the connection between animals and theology. She is a member of the Pentecostal Studies, Ecotheology and Sustainable Development and Theology and Society research clusters.
PhD (Alphacrucis University College), Theological Foundations for a Pneumatology of Animals – 2025
M.A. (Theology) (Alphacrucis University College), 'Animal Glossolalia- Towards a Pentecostal Theology of Animals.' – 2020
B.A. (Biblical Studies) (Harvest Bible College) – 2006
A Rocha Australia (since 2024)
Australasian Animal Studies Association (since 2021)
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics (since 2021)
Society for Pentecostal Studies (since 2023)
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Studies (ANZATS) (since 2021)