2024-2025 Executive
Length of Service terms are indicated in square brackets next to each Executive member’s name.

President and Representative to the Corporation

Alison Marshall, PhD [2024-2026]
Professor
Brandon University
marshalla@brandonu.ca

Past-President and Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee

Diana Dimitrova, PhD [2024-2026]
Professor, Institute of Religious Studies
University of Montreal
diana.dimitrova@umontreal.ca

Appointed Executive Member

Dr. Rubina Ramji [2020-indefinite]
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Cape Breton University
ruby_ramji@cbu.ca

Recording Secretary

Dr. Chris Miller [2022-2025]
Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Ottawa
Lecturer | University of Waterloo
chris.miller@uwaterloo.ca

Treasurer

Dr. Christopher Austin [2023-2026]
Dalhousie University
Associate Professor, Religious Studies (Dept. of Classics)
christopher.austin@dal.ca

Members-At-Large

Jacqueline Giesbrecht [2022-2025]
PhD Candidate
Cultural Studies, Queen’s University
19jdg@queensu.ca

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Dr. Kalpesh Bhatt [2022-2025]
Assistant Professor
Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion, University of Mary Washington
kbhatt@umw.edu

Programme Co-Chair

Alyshea Cummins, PhD [2024-2027]
Instructor
Carlton University
alyshea.cummins@outlook.com

programchairs@cssrscer.ca
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Paige Thombs [2024-2027]
PhD Candidate
University of Victoria
paigethombs@uvic.ca

programchairs@cssrscer.ca

Graduate Student Member-at-Large

Faezeh Izadi [2024-2026]
Phd Candidate
Department of Classics and Religion, University of Calgary
faezeh.izadi1@ucalgary.ca

SQÉR Representative

Vacant

Communications Liaison and Website Administrator

Rachel Brown

Assistant Teaching Professor and Program and Research Coordinator
Department of Anthropology and Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
University of Victoria
rachelbr@uvic.ca

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) Representatives

Alison Marshall, PhD [2024-2026]
Professor
Brandon University
marshalla@brandonu.ca

Digital Coordinator

Zabeen Khamisa [2023-2026]
PhD Candidate
Religious Diversity in North America, University of Waterloo

Lecturer
Department of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg
Zabeen.khamisa@uwaterloo.ca