Christine "Chris" Klassen is an undergraduate instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in the department of Religion and Culture.[1] Klassen's area of focus is on religion, culture and feminism. Klassen has completed comprehensive research in the area of "feminist witchcraft, Wicca and other forms of contemporary paganism."[2]
Career
editThroughout 2002 - 2015, Klassen was an Undergraduate Instructor at multiple universities.[3] From 1998 - 2006, Klassen was a Teaching Assistant at York University in Toronto, Ontario, and at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.[4] Between 2006 - 2012, Klassen became a Graduate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier.[3] Throughout her teaching career, Klassen has also been a guest lecturer at other Canadian institutions such as York University in Toronto, Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and at Wilfrid Laurier.[3] While at York University, Klassen was a chair for a panel at Atkinson College on 'Mothering, Religion and Spirituality'.[5] Between 2002 and 2003, Klassen was a research assistant at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, ON.[3]
Education
editKlassen graduated in 1998 with a B.A., Hons from the University of Waterloo with a major in Religious Studies. In 1999, Klassen received a Master's degree from Wilfrid Laurier University with her concentration being the "Interdisciplinary approaches to religion in the contemporary world."[3] Finally, she earned her PhD in Women's Studies from York University in 2006.[4] During her education, Klassen won multiple scholarships, including the Dean's Academic Excellence Scholarship at York University for the year 2000-2001, the York Scholarship in 1999-2000, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship for the same year, and finally the Graduate Scholarship at Wilfrid Laurier University for 1998-1999.[3]
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Storied Selves: Shaping Identity in Feminist Witchcraft (2008, Lexington Books)[6]
- Feminist Spirituality: The Next Generation (2009, editor, Lexington Books )[7]
- Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach (2014, Oxford University Press)[8][9]
Book chapters
edit- The Myth Awakens: Canon, Conservatism, and Fan Reception of StarWars (2018, contributor - chapter ""Leia "the Hutt Slayer" and Rey "the next generation badass boss bitch."", Wipf and Stock Publishers)
References
edit- ^ "Religion and Culture Faculty and Staff | Students - Wilfrid Laurier University". students.wlu.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Laurier expert on paganism gives a primer on witches". www.wlu.ca. Wilfrid Laurier University. October 30, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chris Klassen | Wilfrid Laurier University - Academia.edu". wlu-ca.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b "Chris Klassen | Wilfrid Laurier University - Academia.edu". wlu-ca.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ "Mothering, Religion and Spirituality – MIRCI". motherhoodinitiative.org. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Hutchinson, Dawn L. (2010). "Storied Selves: Shaping Identity in Feminist Witchcraft. By Chris Klassen . Lexington Books, 2008. 139 pages. $55.00 cloth". Nova Religio. 13 (4): 120–121. doi:10.1525/nr.2010.13.4.120. ISSN 1092-6690.
- ^ Kelly, Laura (2012-03-01). "Book reviews / Comptes Rendus: Feminist Spirituality: The Next Generation Chris Klassen, ed. Idaho Falls, ID: Lexington Books, 2009. 208 pp". Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 41 (1): 125–127. doi:10.1177/000842981104100108. ISSN 0008-4298.
- ^ Smiley, Bobby L. (2015-03-01). "Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach. By Chris Klassen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xii + 227. $35.00". Religious Studies Review. 41 (1): 8. doi:10.1111/rsr.12189. ISSN 1748-0922.
- ^ Riddell, Kathleen A. (2014-10-01). "Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach. Chris Klassen. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2014. 227 pp. $35.00 paper". The Journal of Popular Culture. 47 (5): 1067–1069. doi:10.1111/jpcu.12192. ISSN 1540-5931.