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

Membership Secretary

Dr. Rachel Brown [2022-2025]
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

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

Stéphanie Tremblay
https://sqer.ca/?page_id=32

Communications Liaison & Website Administrator

Rachel Brown, University of Victoria
rachelbr@uvic.ca

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

Paul Gareau, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
Email: pgareau@ualberta.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