Faculty
Claire Carter
Associate Professor, Department Head
PhD (York University)
E-mail: Claire.Carter@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4668
Current classes
Winter 2024 - WGST 220-001
Research interests
- Relationship between movement/exercise and the embodiment of gender within the changing dynamics of queer and trans communities in Canada
- Queer theory and trans studies
- Feminist and social justice methodologies
- Community engagement
- Movement and identity.
Brenda Anderson
Associate Professor (Luther College)
PhD (University of Regina)
E-mail: brenda.anderson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5170
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 390BX-L01
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
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 268-397
Research interests
- Sanskrit
- Religion in India, Cuba, and China
- Ritual and Iconography
- Gender
- Popular Culture
William Arnal
Professor
PhD (University of Toronto)
E-mail: william.arnal@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5680
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 188-001, RLST 202-001, RLST 209-001
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
Current classes
Winter 2024 - WGST 100-397
Kevin Bond
Associate Professor
PhD; MA; BA (McMaster University)
E-mail: kevin.bond@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4335
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 100-001, RLST 209-001
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
- Early Christianity
- Graeco-Roman Education
- Wisdom in Second Temple Judaism
- Religion in Popular Culture
- Method and Theory
Kyuhoon Cho
Sessional
PhD (University of Ottawa)
E-mail: kyuhoon.cho@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4233
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 100-002
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
Winter 2024 - RLST 100-C01, RLST 100-L01, RLST 100-L02
Troni Y. Grande
Associate Professor, Department of English
PhD (University of Alberta), BA, BA Honours, MA (Queen's University)
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)
E-mail: franzvolker.greifenhagen@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 206-2109
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 245-L01, RLST 341-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)
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)
E-mail: sami.helewa@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-359-1217
Website: https://campioncollege.ca/resources/dr-sami-helewa/
Current classes
Winter 2024 - RLST 227-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)
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)
E-mail: randal.rogers@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4746
Current classes
Winter 2024 - WGST 100-001, WGST 420-001
Research interests
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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)
E-mail: michelle.stewart@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4873
Fax: 306-585-4815
Pronoun(s): she/they
Current classes
Winter 2024 - WGST 380AY-001
Research interests
- Applied anthropology
- Disability justice
- Settler colonialism
- Forensic social sciences, science and technology studies
- Harm reduction
- Justice system
Blair Stonechild
Adjunct Professor
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
Staff
Bettyann Paterson
Administrative Assistant
Office: CL 306.1
E-mail: bettyann.paterson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5128