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

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

Recording Secretary

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

Treasurer

Christopher Austin, PhD [2023-2026]
Dalhousie University
Associate Professor, Religious Studies (Dept. of Classics)
treasurer@cssrscer.ca

Members-At-Large

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

Rachel Brown, PhD [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

Programme Co-Chairs

Alyshea Cummins, PhD [2024-2027]
Instructor
Carlton University

Paige Thombs [2024-2027]
PhD Candidate
University of Victoria

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

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

Newsletter Coordinator

Jacqueline Giesbrecht
PhD Candidate
Cultural Studies, Queen’s University
newsletter@cssrscer.ca

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
Past-President and Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee
Appointed Executive Member
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Members-At-Large
Programme Co-Chair
Graduate Student Member-at-Large
SQÉR Representative
Communications Liaison & Website Administrator
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) Representatives
Digital Coordinator