[2][3][4] She studied for a double major in English and history at the University of Illinois, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
[4] Her doctoral thesis was titled Approaches to the Study of Religious Conformity in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart England: With Special Reference to Cheshire and the Diocese of Lincoln.
[3] She is also a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford,[6][7] and was made reader in church history in 2004.
[3] Particular interests include "16th and 17th century English religion", "liturgy and the history of the Church of England", ecumenism, and "Anglican responses to persecution during the 1640–50s".
[3][4][15] Maltby opposed the creation of provincial episcopal visitors for opponents of the ordination of women.