Sarah Marie Gallant, PhD
Researcher / Instructor / Author
RESUME
Education
PhD
(2013) Religious Studies, University of Calgary
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MA
(2007) Awarded First Class Honours with Distinction
Religious Studies, University of Calgary
​BA
(2004) Religious Studies (Honours), History (Major)
St Thomas University, Fredericton, New Bruswick
Skills
Lecturing
Grant Proposal Writing
Conference Organization
Community Education
English
French
Latin
Work​
Experience​
Assistant Professor - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, January 2021 - Present
Instructor - Everett Community College, Everett, Washington, January 2015 - December 2020
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Instructor - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2019 - April 2020
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Freelance Copy Editor
September 2014 - Present
Grant Writing Intern
The Sophia Way, Bellevue, Washington
Summer 2014 (August - October 2014)
Teaching Assistant
University of Calgary, 2005-2011
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Library Assistant
University of Calgary, Religious Studies Department, Summer Term 2008
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Research Assistant
University of Calgary, Winter Term 2006
Teaching Assistant
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Fall Term 2004 and Winter Term 2005
Teaching Assistant
St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Fall Term 2003 - Winter Term 2004.
Professional
Activities
Co-Chair, Theology and Philosophy Program Unit of the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Academy of Religion (2014 - 2017)
President, University of Calgary Religious Studies Departmental Graduate Student Association (2010 - 2011)
Arts Faculty Strategic Planning Committee Focus Group, University of Calgary (March 24, 2011)
Graduate Representatives Council
University of Calgary (2008 - 2009)
Awards
2010 - 2011 Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2008 Christ Church Peter Craigie Memorial Award, University of Calgary
2004 Congregation of Notre Dame Prize for Religious Studies in Fourth Year, St. Thomas University
Papers
“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.