 She served as a governor of a British boys' public school, Winchester College.Shaw's interests include the Enlightenment, modern religious history, ethics, and issues in gender and sexuality.She has published several books, including "Miracles in Enlightenment England" (Yale University Press, 2006), "Octavia, Daughter of God" (Jonathan Cape, 2011), and "A Practical Christianity" (SPCK, 2012).