2022-2023 Executive
Length of Service terms are indicated in square brackets next to each Executive member’s name.

President and Representative to the Corporation

Diana Dimitrova, Ph.D. [2022-2024]
Professor, Institute of Religious Studies
University of Montreal
diana.dimitrova@umontreal.ca
Phone: 514-343-7794

Past-President and Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee

Paul Gareau, PhD [2022-2024]
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
Email: pgareau@ualberta.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

Alison R Marshall, PhD [2023-2026]
Professor, Department of Religion
Brandon University
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
https://people.brandonu.ca/marshalla/
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Michelle Folk, PhD [2018-2024]
Religious Studies, Campion and Luther Colleges at the University of Regina
Office 301; Luther College at the University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, Saskatchewan
306-206-2096
michelle.folk@uregina.ca

Graduate Student Member-at-Large

Michael Gillingham [2022-2024]
Phd Candidate in Religious Studies
Department of History, Classics, and Religion, University of Alberta
Email: mgilling@ualberta.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