Claire Carter

Associate Professor, Department Head
PhD (York University)

Office: CL 324
E-mail: Claire.Carter@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4668

Research interests

Brenda Anderson

Associate Professor (Luther College)
PhD (University of Regina)

Office: Luther College 214
E-mail: brenda.anderson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5170

Current classes
Spring/Summer 2023 - RLST 290AP-L40

Research interests

• Women in religion
• Feminist theories and practices in interreligious dialogue
• Post-colonial studies
• Women in Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
• Mythic biographies and performative autobiographies

Leona Anderson

Professor Emeritus; Sessional Lecturer
PhD (McMaster University)

E-mail: leona.anderson@uregina.ca

Research interests

• Sanskrit
• Religion in India, Cuba, and China
• Ritual and Iconography
• Gender
• Popular Culture

William Arnal

Professor
PhD (University of Toronto)

Office: CL 256
E-mail: william.arnal@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5680

Current classes
Fall 2023 - RLST 378-001

Research interests

• New Testament
• Gnosticism
• Ancient Religions
• Ancient Magic
• Method and Theory

Jill Arnott

Sessional Lecturer III
MA (University of Regina)

E-mail: Jill.Arnott@uregina.ca

Kevin Bond

Associate Professor
PhD; MA; BA (McMaster University)

Office: CL 259
E-mail: kevin.bond@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4335

Current classes
On Sabbatical July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

Research interests

• Early Modern Religion in Japan
• Cult of Fudō Myōō
• Popular Religion and Theatre
• Humour and Parody

Ian Phillip Brown

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

E-mail: Ian.Brown@uregina.ca
Pronoun(s): he/him

Research interests

Kyuhoon Cho

Sessional
PhD (University of Ottawa)

E-mail: kyuhoon.cho@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4233

Research interests

• Asian Religions
• Globalization, Religion, and the Secular
• Sociology of Religion
• Religious Diversity and Popular Culture

Michelle Folk

Sessional Lecturer (Luther College)
PhD (Concordia University)

E-mail: michelle.folk@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5128

Current classes
Fall 2023 - RLST 100-L01/L02, RLST 203-C01/C21

Troni Y. Grande

Associate Professor, Department of English
PhD (University of Alberta), BA, BA Honours, MA (Queen's University)

Office: CL 436.2
E-mail: Troni.Grande@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4570
Pronoun(s): she/her

Research interests

• Creative nonfiction
• Shakespeare and early-modern drama
• Adaptations of Shakespeare
• 18th-century drama (she-tragedy)
• Literary theory (especially feminism)
• Genre studies
• Editing

FranzVolker Greifenhagen

Professor (Luther College)
PhD (Duke University)

Office: LC 226
E-mail: franzvolker.greifenhagen@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 206-2109

Current classes
Fall 2023 - RLST 241-L01/L02, RLST 290BB-L01

Research interests

• Comparative scriptures and scriptural systems
• Emergence of distinctly North American forms of Islam and the modes of exegesis associated with them
• Ideologies of identity in the Hebrew bible

Cindy Hanson

Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Studies
PhD (University of BC), MAED (St. Francis Xavier), BEd (University of Saskatchewan)

Office: CL 209
E-mail: cindy.hanson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-381-8631
Fax: 306-585-4815

Research interests

• Gender, feminism and intersectionality
• Social movements
• Indigenous rights
• International development
• Community-and arts-based research
• Participatory methodologies.

Sami Helewa

Associate Professor; President (Campion College)

Office: CM 404
E-mail: sami.helewa@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1217
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-sami-helewa/

Current classes
Fall 2023 - RLST 100-C01

Charity Marsh

Professor, Creative Technologies and Interdisciplinary Programs; Director, Humanities Research Institute; Director, Interactive Media and Performance Labs
PhD, MA (York University); BA (University of Ottawa); BMUS (University of Ottawa)

Office: RC 033
E-mail: charity.marsh@uregina.ca
Pronoun(s): she/her
Website: https://www.charitymarsh.com/biography

Research interests

• Indigenous Hip Hop Cultures
• Popular Music in Canada
• DJ Cultures
• Electronic Dance Music Cultures
• Interactive Media and Performance
• Technology and Gender in Popular Music
• Media Arts
• Arts-Based Community Health

Patricia Miller-Schroeder

Instructor Emerita
MA (University of Calgary)

E-mail: Patricia.Miller-Schroeder@uregina.ca

Research interests

• Women and the environment
• Women's reproduction and reproductive processes
• Motherhood
• Mothering and mothers
• Women as scientists and as subjects/objects of scientific research, women and human evolution.

Peggy Schmeiser

Adjunct Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
PhD (University of Ottawa)

E-mail: peggy.schmeiser@usask.ca

Randal Rogers

Associate Professor
PhD (Concordia University); MA (Concordia University); BA (University of British Columbia)

Office: CL 256.1
E-mail: randal.rogers@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4746

Current classes
Fall 2023 - WGST 280AP-001, WGST 390AI-001

Research interests

• Currently exploring relationship of queer subjectivities to espionage in film and television

Yuan Ren

Professor Emerita
PhD (McMaster University)

E-mail: yuan.ren@uregina.ca

Research interests

• Chinese and Indian Buddhism
• Religious Syncretism in Asia
• Texts in Asian Religions

Danette Starblanket

Sessional Lecturer
PhD – Public Policy (2023) – Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, MA - Indigenous Studies (2001) – University of Regina, BA Honours – Indigenous Studies (1994) – First Nations University of Canada/University of Regina, BA Advanced – English (1993) – First Nations University of Canada/University of Regina

E-mail: danette.starblanket@uregina.ca

Research interests

• Indigenous protest movements – Idle No More
• Indigenous women and feminist theories and epistemologies
• Indigenous gender and sexuality
• Indigenous women and politics
• Indigenous governance
• Indigenous community engagement
• Indigenous research methodologies
• Treaty rights and Aboriginal rights
• Indigenous health

Michelle Stewart

Associate Professor; Director, Regina Improvisation Studies Centre; Researcher, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
PhD, MA, BA (University of California)

Office: CL 336
E-mail: michelle.stewart@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4873
Fax: 306-585-4815
Pronoun(s): she/they

Current classes
Fall 2023 - WGST 100-397, WGST 202-001

Research interests

• Applied anthropology
• Disability justice
• Settler colonialism
• Forensic social sciences, science and technology studies
• Harm reduction
• Justice system

Blair Stonechild

Adjunct Professor

Office: First Nations University, RM 4013
E-mail: abstonechild@fnuniv.ca
Phone: 306-790-5950 ext. 3205

Current classes
NDG 232: Indigenous Systems of Religion and Philosophy INDG 332: Indigenous Religions and Philosophy INDG 432: Native American Indigenous Religious Philosophies

Research interests

• Principles and practices of Indigenous spirituality (primarily Cree and Saulteaux)
• Virtues
• Disciplines and ceremonies
• Spirituality versus religion
• Concept of Indigenous Eden
• Contemporary relevance

Michelle Wagner

Sessional Lecturer (Campion College)
MA (Queen's University)

E-mail: Michelle.Wagner@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1233

Bettyann Paterson

Administrative Assistant

Office: CL 306.1
E-mail: bettyann.paterson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5128