EDUCATION

1998 PhD (Sociology), University of Waterloo.
1992 MA (Sociology), University of Waterloo.
1987 Honours BA (Anthropology), Wilfrid Laurier University.
1980 TESL Certificate (Teacher of English as a Second Language), University of Toronto.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Year	Award	Organization
1998	Nominated for Governor General’s Gold Medal Award	University of Waterloo
1998	Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies honour	University of Waterloo
1997-98	Graduate Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1996	Graduate Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1997	Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1996	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1995-96	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1994-95	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1993-94	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1993-94	Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1992	Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1992	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1992-93	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship for Women	University of Waterloo
1992-93	Provost/FOA Doctoral Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1994	Arts Endowment Awards	University of Waterloo
1994	Department of Sociology Scholarship	University of Waterloo
1990	Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1989	Ontario Graduate Scholarship
1987	Gold Medal Award in Anthropology	Wilfrid Laurier University
1986	James C. McKegney Memorial Award	Wilfrid Laurier University

SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

University Service:

2001-2003 Department Curriculum Committee, Member

2002-2005 Department Ethics Committee, Member

Community Services:

Interpreter for the K-W Multicultural Center. Services provided for different organizations such as the Family Support Unit, the Public School Board, Social Services, Anselma House, St. Mary’s Place, the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Community Justice Initiative, Focus Assessment, to name just a few.

 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Year 2010-12	Number SY101 SY203 SY281	Title Introduction to Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University (Fall & Winter) Classical Sociological Theory Research Methods II
2009-10	SY101 SY241 SY281	Introduction to Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University Sociology of Crime Research Methods II
F 2008	Soc 405 Soc 202	Seminar Social Theory, University of Waterloo Classical Sociological Theory, University of Waterloo
W 2009 2003-05	SY101	Introduction to Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
2001-03	SY100	Introduction to Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
1999-00	SY201	Sociology of Marriage, Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Brandford Campus
2001-07	SY203	Sociological Theory, Wilfrid Laurier University
W 2009 2003-08	SY241	Sociology of Crime: Structural Perspectives, Wilfrid Laurier Univ.
W 2009 2001-08	SY281	Research Methods, Wilfrid Laurier University
2001-02	SY101	Introduction to Sociology, University of Waterloo
1999-00	SY405	Seminar in Classical Sociological Theory, University of Waterloo
1999-00	SY200	Sociology of Marriage, University of Waterloo
1999-00	SY204	Sociology of Adolescence, University of Waterloo
1999-00	SY101	Introduction to Sociology, University of Waterloo
1998-99	SY303	Sociology of Youth, Wilfrid Laurier University

PUBLICATIONS

Books authored: 1

Chapters in books: 4

Papers in refereed journals: 2

Posters/papers read at scholarly meetings: 3

Books authored:

2001 From Civil To Political Religion (Wilfrid Laurier University Press) 293 pp.

Chapters in Books:

2009 “Durkheim’s Political Sociology: Civil Religion and Nationalism.” In Holy Nations, Global Identities, Civil Religion, Nationalism and Globalisation, Annika Hvithamar, Brian Jacobsen & Margit Warburg (eds), pp. 47-78. The Netherlands: Brill Press.

2007 “Civil Religion in America and in Global Context,” co-authored with Lorne Dawson. In Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Jim Beckford and Jay Demerath (eds), pp.267-292. London: Sage Publications.

2004 “Theoretical Remarks on Civil Religion and Politics: A Comparative Perspective.” In European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe (ed), pp 22-45. London: Cambridge Scholars Press.

2003 “Civil Religion in the Context of Globalization.” In Religion in a Changing Europe: Between Pluralism and Fundamentalism, Maria Marczewska-Rytko (ed), pp. 175-202. Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press.

Papers in Refereed Journals:

2012 Durkheim on Moral Individualism, Social Justice and Rights: A Gendered Construction of Rights.” Canadian Journal of Sociology (forthcoming 2012).

1996 “Civil Religion in Comparative Perspective” with Lorne Dawson. Social Compass, 43, 3:319-338,

Papers Read at Scholarly Meetings:

2011 “Durkheim on Moral Individualism: Justice and Rights in a Man’s World.” Paper presented at Understanding the Social World Conference, July 13-15, 2011, University of Huddersfield, U.K.

2003 “American Civil Religion and George W. Bush’s First Term Presidency.” Paper presented at a Symposium sponsored by the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association, in Association with the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, on Philosophy, Religion and Democracy, Halifax, May 31-June 3, 2003.

2002 “Civil Religion and Politics: A Global and Comparative Perspective.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of European Ideas. July 22-27, 2002. Aberystwyth, Wales, 2002.

Referee for:

                                   (2007) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. (2 manuscripts)

(2006) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1 manuscript)

(2006) Sociological Theory (1 manuscript)

(2005) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1 manuscript)

April, 2012