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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

Throughout 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

Klassen 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 the Philosophy of 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]

Notability

In a book advertisement of Chris Klassen's 'Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach,'[6] website amazon.ca cites a popular 'review' of Klassen's work, which is created by "Wynne Jordan of Saint Mary's University."[7] When commenting on Klassen's work, Jordan (qtd. in amazon.ca)[7] appears to favour the "...appreciation of complexity, critical thinking, and contemporary issues" (Jordan 2013).[7]

Bibliography

Books

  • Storied Selves: Shaping Identity in Feminist Witchcraft (2008, Lexington Books)[8][9]
  • Feminist Spirituality: The Next Generation (2009, editor, Lexington Books )[10]
  • Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach (2014, Oxford University Press)[6]

Book chapters

  • 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)[11]

Journal articles

  • 2003: "Confronting the Gap: Why Religion Needs to be Given More Attention in Women's Studies." thirdspace. 3/1 November.[12]

Reviews

  • Kathleen A. Riddel. October 2014. "Klassen, Chris. Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach." The Journal of Popular Culture. Volume 47, Issue 5, 1067-1069.[13]
  • Jordan, Wynne. Review of "Religion of Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach Paperback - Oct 3, 2013 by Chris Klassen (Author). Amazon Canada, 10 December 2018, https://www.amazon.ca/Religion-Popular-Culture-Cultural-Approach/dp/0195449185.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Religion and Culture Faculty and Staff | Students - Wilfrid Laurier University". students.wlu.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  2. ^ "Laurier expert on paganism gives a primer on witches". www.wlu.ca. Wilfrid Laurier University. October 30, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Chris Klassen | Wilfrid Laurier University - Academia.edu". wlu-ca.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  4. ^ a b "Chris Klassen | Wilfrid Laurier University - Academia.edu". wlu-ca.academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  5. ^ "Mothering, Religion and Spirituality – MIRCI". motherhoodinitiative.org. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  6. ^ a b author., Klassen, Chris, 1972- (2014). Religion & popular culture : a cultural studies approach. ISBN 9780195449181. OCLC 829422018. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b c d Jordan, Wynne. "Review of "Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach Paperback - Oct 3, 2013 by Chris Klassen (Author)"". Amazon Canada. Amazon Canada, Chris Klassen. Retrieved 10 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ ), Klassen, Chris, (1972- (2008). Storied selves : shaping identity in feminist witchcraft. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739123157. OCLC 871754814. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Alumni | Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies | Faculty of Graduate Studies | York University". gfws.gradstudies.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  10. ^ Chris Klassen | Wilfrid Laurier University - Academia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-29. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ Boston, Joseph; Call, Joshua; Callaway, Kutter; Derry, Ken; White Hodge, Daniel; Adnan Hussain, Syed; Klassen, Chris; C. Lydon, John; MacKendrick, Kenneth (13 September 2018). "Chapter 3: "Leia "the Hutt Slayer" and Rey "the next generation badass boss bitch" "". In Derry, Ken; C. Lydon, John (eds.). The Myth Awakens: Canon, Conservatism, and Fan Reception of Starwars. Lindsay Macumber, Justin Mullis. 199 W.8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401: Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 9781498246262. Retrieved 4 December 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: location (link)
  12. ^ Klassen, Chris (November 2003). "Confronting the Gap: Why Religion Needs to be Given More Attention in Women's Studies". Thirdspace. Retrieved 1 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ A. Riddell, Kathleen (October 2014). "Klassen, Chris. Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach". The Journal of Popular Culture. 47 (5). John Wiley and Sons: 1067–1069. doi:10.1111/jpcu.12192 – via University of Toronto Library.
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