Sarah Marie Gallant, PhD

​“Thinking Through Miscarriage: Exploring Process and Substance Ontologies.” Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington, May 3, 2019.

 

"Renewing Rural Catholic Communities in the Wake of Sexual Abuse." 2016 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,   Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion Program, University of Calgary, May 31, 2016.

 

"From Frankenstein to Furiosa: Transhumanism and Beauty in Speculative Fiction." Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, May 21, 2016.

 

“Ethics and Space Exploration in Contemporary Speculative Fiction."

Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Marylhurst University, Portland, Oregon, March 29, 2015.

 

“Narrating Trauma: Cathartic Healing or Self-Victimization?”

Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, May 10, 2014.

 

“Born Again Cavemen? The ‘Caveman’ as an Expression of Masculine Identity and Ascetic Rigor For North American Men.”  Symposium on Religion and Masculinities, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, April 27, 2013.

 

“Navigating the Crossroads Through Narrative:  Critically Engaging Exemplary Narratives Using Paul Ricoeur’s Hermeneutic Arc.”  Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Congress 2012 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May 28, 2012.

 

“Reading Extraordinary Lives: Exemplarity in Hagiographical Literature.”  

Religious Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, May 2, 2011. 

 

“Imagination, Empowerment, and Imaginary Figures.”

Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Congress 2008 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2, 2008.