This is because the academic website at my university haven't been updated in forever. The new "academia.edu" site doesn't have a place for a CV. Neither, it seems does Researchgate.net.
SHEILA A. REDMOND PHD
E-MAIL: sheila.redmond@algomau.ca; sheila.a.redmond@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
University Education
1993: Doctorate, Department of Religious Studies/Sciences Religieuse, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Area of Specialisation: Social Scientific Study of Religion
Dissertation Title: The Father God and Traditional Christian Interpretations of Suffering, Guilt, Anger and Forgiveness as Impediments to Recovery from Father-Daughter Incest. Available at https://www.academia.edu/45566335/The_Father_God_and_Traditional_Christian_Interpretations_of_suffering_guilt_anger_and_forgiveness_as_impediments_to_recovery_from_father_daughter_incest_PDF
1985: Master of Arts, Department of Religious Studies/Sciences Religieuse, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
Area of Specialisation: History of Intertestamental Judaism and Christianity
Major Research Paper: The Date and Provenance of the Fourth Sibylline Oracle. Available at http://people.auc.ca/redmond/Documents%20to%20upload/Redmond_Sheila_MA.pdf
1982: Bachelor of Arts, (Honours cum laude), Department of Religious Studies/Sciences Religieuse, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
Area of Specialisation: History of Religions
Continuing Education
2019 Portfolio-Based Language Assessment Certificate – Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks, Government of Canada
2019 Canadian Language Benchmarks Bootcamp Certificate – Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks, Government of Canada
2019 OnTESOL Certificate, Trinity Cambridge Canada
2000 Quantitative Methods I, Algonquin Community College, Ottawa ON
1997 Effective Web Design and Development, Institute of Technical Editors, Ottawa ON
1995 Financial Accounting I, Algonquin Community College, Ottawa ON
1992 Management Principles, Algonquin Community College, Ottawa ON
ACADEMIC AWARDS
1986-89 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Graduate Fellowship
1985-88 University of Ottawa Doctoral Entrance Scholarship and Supplementary Merit Scholarships
1986 The “Joachim Jeremias Graduate Essay Prize for New Testament,” Canadian Society of Biblical Studies
1982-84 Ontario Graduate Scholarships
1982-83 University of Ottawa Master’s Entrance Scholarship
1982 Honourable Mention: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Special MA Scholarship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Algoma District School Board, Sault Ste. Marie ON
2019-2022 English as a Second Language Teacher, Northland Adult Learning Centre, Sault Ste. Marie ON
Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie ON
2004-2021 Department of History and Philosophy
▪ Film/History: Reel History: Film and the Historical Record (3 credits)
▪ Film/History: Film and Modern History (3 credits)
▪ History of Religion (3 credit)
▪ History of Ideas of the Modern World/Philosophy of Ideas of the Modern World (3 credit)
▪ History of the Ancient Near East (3 credit)
▪ History of Greece and Rome (3 credit)
▪ Military History of the Ancient Mediterranean (3 credits)
▪ War and Society in Global Perspective (3 credits)
▪ Selected Senior Seminar Topics in History I: Film, Theatre, and Critical Theory in the History of Censorship and Resistance in Germany: 1919-1945 (3 credit)
▪ History of Early Medieval Europe (3 credit)
▪ History of the European Reformations (3 credit)
▪ Introduction to Western Civilization; From Late Medieval to the French Revolution (3 credit)
▪ Introduction to Western Civilization; From the French Revolution to the Present (3 credit)
▪ History of Women to the Pre-industrial Era (3 credit)
▪ History of Women and the Women’s Movement in Modern Times (3 credit)
▪ History of Women in Canada (3 credit)
▪ History of 19th Century Germany (3 credit)
▪ History of 20th Century Germany (3 credit)
▪ History of the Canadian Family from Colonial Times to the Present (3credit)
▪ Current Issues in Women’s History (3 credit)
▪ Origins of Western Philosophy (6 credit)
▪ Thesis Supervision (6 credits)
2004-2013 Department of Sociology and Social Welfare/Social Work (& Anthropology)
▪ Sociology:
• Understanding Society I: Principles and Processes (3 credit)
• Understanding Society II: Institutions and Issues (3 credit)
• Sociology of Gender (3 credit)
• Emergence of Sociological Theories (3 credit)
• Modern Sociological Theories (3 credit)
▪ Anthropology:
• Introduction to Physical Anthropology (3 credit)
• Ethnology of Native North America (6 credit)
• Introduction to Anthropology – Understanding Humankind (6 credit)
Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie MI
2005-2006: Department of Sociology and Human Sciences,
▪ Sociology of Women (3 credit)
▪ Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 credit)
Carleton University, Ottawa ON
1994-1998: College of Humanities (Religion)
▪ Introduction to the Literature and History of the New Testament,
▪ Enrichment mini-course for high school students, “From Genesis to Apocalypse: Visions of the End and Society in Twentieth Century Comic Books.”
▪ Introduction to the Literature of the Hebrew Bible
▪ Death and Afterlife, on campus and Instructional Television
▪ Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
University of Ottawa: Ottawa ON
1985-1987: Department of Religious Studies
▪ Religion and Morality
▪ Interpretation of the New Testament
▪ Beginnings of Christianity
PUBLICATIONS
Chapters in edited books
2010 Nadeau, J.-G. et Redmond, S. « Le Dieu des victimes reconsidéré à partir des victimes d’abus sexuels durant l’enfance. », dans Pierre Noël, dir., Mondialisation, violence et religion, (Montréal: Fides, 2010) pp. 113-130.
1993 “Remember the Good, Forget the Bad: Denial and Family Violence in the Christian Worship Service” in J. Walton and M. Procter-Smith, eds., Women at Worship: Interpretations of North American Diversity (Philadelphia: Westminster/John Knox Press), pp. 71-82. Available at https://www.academia.edu/45566461/Remember_the_Good_Forget_the_Bad_Denial_and_Family_Violence_in_a_Christian_Worship_Service
1989 “Christian Virtues and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse” in J.C. Brown and C. Bohn, eds., Christianity, Patriarchy and Abuse: A Feminist Critique (New York: Pilgrim Press), pp. 70-88. Available at
Articles in refereed journals
1996 “God Died and Nobody Gave a Funeral.” Pastoral Psychology 48:1, pp. 41-48.
1989 "The Date of the Fourth Sibylline Oracle" The Second Century: A Journal of Early Christian Studies 7:3, pp. 129-49
Book reviews in scholarly journals1997 Book Note: Review of Michael St. Clair. 1994. Human Relationships and the Experience of God: Object Relations and Religion. Paulist Press. Religious Studies Review 22:1, p. 46
Articles in refereed conference proceedings
2012 “Fear and Denial at the Crossroads. Where is the history of the “child sexual abuse scandal” within the Roman Catholic Church?” in Historical Papers 2012: Canadian Society of Church History, pp. 141-156. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/30114045/Fear_and_Denial_at_the_Crossroads_Where_is_the_history_of_the_child_abuse_scandal_within_the_Roman_Catholic_Church
2005 “The Sins of the Father Gods: Sacrificing the Believer to the System”. Proceedings of the Montreal International Workshop for a Multifactoral Approach of Sexual Abuse Impacts on Religious Beliefs May 25-26, 2006. Université du Montréal QC. To be published in French and English.
1993 “It Can't Be True and If It Is, It's Not Our Fault: An Examination of Roman Catholic Institutional Response to Priestly Paedophilia in the Ottawa Valley” in HISTORICAL PAPERS 1993: Canadian Society of Church History, pp. 229-45. Available at https://www.academia.edu/45566429/It_Cant_Be_True_and_If_It_Is_Its_Not_Our_Fault_An_Examination_of_Roman_Catholic_Institutional_Response_to_Priestly_Paedophilia_in_the_Ottawa_Valley
Books Edited
2018 Dan Weissenberger, The Obsessive’s Guide Criminal Minds: Season 1 Reviews.
1994 Sheila A. Redmond, PhD and Bruce Mills, PhD, eds., AIDS: THE CHANGING CHALLENGE. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Spring REACH Conference (Ottawa: REACH)
Miscellaneous Publications and Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
2005 “Woedepsalm tegen een patriarchale god” translation of “Psalm of Anger to a Patriarchal god” in Ruard Ganzevoort. “Als de grondslagen vernield zijn: Over trauma, religie en pastoraat” Praktische Theologie 32/3, 344-361.
2000 “Psalm of Anger to a Patriarchal god” Théologiques Vol. 8/2 pp. 33-4: http://www.erudit.org/revue/theologi/2000/v8/n2/005024ar.pdf
1997-98 Editor and Publisher of The Ottawa Spout, an Ottawa arts and culture zine
1997 Book Review: Lori Allen and Dan Voss. 1997. Ethics in Technical Communication: Shades of Gray John Wiley and Sons. In ITE Newsletter. May 1997 : 4
1991 “Psaume de colère á un Dieu patriarchal” trans. Jean-Guy Nadeau, Prêtre et pasteur: revue des agents de pastorale 94:5, pp. 287-8. Translation of “Confrontation Between the Christian God and an Abused Child: twenty-five years later” in Church Council on Justice and Corrections, ed., Family Violence in a Patriarchal Culture: A Challenge to our Way of Living (Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development and Health and Welfare Canada, 1989)
1988 Church Council on Justice and Corrections, eds., Family Violence in a Patriarchal Culture: A Challenge to Our Way of Living (Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development and Health and Welfare Canada), pp. 13, 85, 118, 127
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Presentations at Professional Societies and Conferences
2012 “What else did you expect? Or have we forgotten just how radical feminist exegesis can be?” Paper presented to the International Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, July 26th, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280717829_The_Personal_is_Still_Political_What_else_did_you_expect_or_have_we_forgotten_just_how_radical_feminist_exegesis_can_be
2012 “Fear and Denial at the Crossroads. Where is the history of the “child sexual abuse scandal” within the Roman Catholic Church?” Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Church History, May 29th, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280717951_Fear_and_Denial_at_the_Crossroads_Where_is_the_history_of_the_child_abuse_scandal_within_the_Roman_Catholic_Church
2006 “The Sins of the Father God”, Part II: The Sacrifice of the Believer to the System” Montreal International Workshop for A Multifactoral Approach of Sexual Abuse Impacts On Religious Beliefs May 25-26. Université du Montréal, Montreal QC. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319377154_The_Sins_of_the_Father_God_Creating_a_Multifactoral_Approach_for_research_and_therapeutic_practice_with_child_sexual_assault_survivors_within_Christian_Environments
2006 « Les péchés du Papa dieu, Première partie : La culpabilisation de la victime -- Rizzuto et le développement de l'image de dieu » ACFAS May 18, Montreal QC. English Title: “The Sins of the Father God, Part I: Blaming the Victim – Rizzuto and the Development of the God Image”.
2004 “Accountability in Trauma Therapy with Adult Survivors Raised in the Christian Belief System: The Birth of an Anthropologian” Paper presented to the Joint Annual Meeting of the Religious Research Association and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October 22-24, Kansas City MI. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319377319_Accountability_in_Trauma_Therapy_with_Adult_Survivors_Raised_in_the_Christian_Belief_System
2002 « Dynamiques spirituelles et religieuses des abus sexuels en milieu chrétien : le “Dieu des victimes” remis en question ». Présentée en collaboration avec Jean Guy Nadeau au congrès de la Société canadienne de théologie à Québec le 26 octobre 2002.
2002 “God Isn’t Really Like That! – Or is he? The Child, the Bible and the Patriarchal God” Paper presented to the American Academy of Religion – Eastern International Region Annual Meeting. Ottawa ON Available at https://www.academia.edu/40768071/God_Isnt_Really_Like_That_Or_is_he_The_Child_the_Bible_and_the_Patriarchal_God
1994 “God Died and No One Gave a Funeral” Paper presented to the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
1993 “It Can't Be True and if it is, it's not our fault: An examination of Roman Catholic institutional response to priestly paedophilia in the Ottawa Valley” Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Church History, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
1988 “The Making of a Heroine: The Child Sexual Abuse Victim as Saint”. Paper presented to the Conference on Heroic Women in Politics, Religion, Literature and Society, Nov. 5-6, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
1988 Invited panelist: “The State of Research on Women and Religion”, Canadian Centre for the Study of Women and Religion, March 10, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
1986 “Christian Virtues and Recovery From Child Sexual Abuse”. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, Atlanta GA
1986 “The Date of the Fourth Sibylline Oracle”. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, June, Winnipeg MB
1984 “Pauline Christianity and Millenarian Theory”. Paper presented to the American Academy of Religion, Eastern International Region Annual Meeting, April, MacMaster University, Hamilton, ON
1984 Invited panelist: Feminist Interpretation of the New Testament, November, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
University Lectures
1996 Invited guest lecturer: “Non-western religious perspectives and solutions to solving the ecological crisis”. Environments, Technology and Values. Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
1994 Invited guest lecturer: “The Impact of Gender Studies on the Study of Religion at the End of the Twentieth Century”. Interpretations of Religion, Department of Religion, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
1991 Invited guest lecturer: “The Origins of a Pedestal: Maria Goretti and Religious Violence”. Women and Religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa., Ottawa ON
1989 Invited guest lecturer: “Reinterpretation of Religious Myth: An Exercise in Futility?” Women and Religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
1988 Invited guest lecturer: “Mary Daly and Eve, the Fallen Woman”. Women and Religion, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
1988 Invited guest lecturer: “Religion and Violence: The Christian Roots of Family Violence”. October 31, MSW course, Violence in Relationships, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
1987 Invited guest lecturer: “Christian Virtues and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse”. Women and Religion, April, Department of Religion, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
Other Presentations
November 14, 2011: “Judaism, Christianity and Islam: A Case of Sibling Rivalry?” Invited speaker to Beyond the Headlines: Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Emmanuel United Church - 5th Annual Speaker’s Series
Resource Person
1989 The Interdisciplinary Project on Domestic Violence, The Other Side of the Mountain: Working Together on Domestic Violence, Phase I (Ottawa: National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, 1989)
1987 Interchurch Thinktank on Patriarchy and Family Violence, Bolton Conference Centre, May 11-13, Toronto, Ontario. Sponsored by the Church Council on Justice and Corrections and the Canadian Council on Social Development
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Peer Review
2018 Peer Reviewer: McCabe et al, History of Western Society for Bedford/St. Martin
2008 Peer Reviewer: Steckley and Letts. 2007. Elements of Sociology for Oxford University Press
2005 Peer Reviewer: “The Religious Life and the Happiness of Protestants Involved with the Charismatic Movement” for Review of Religious Research
2005 Peer Reviewer. “Religious Doubt and Psychological Well-Being” for Review of Religious Research
2005 Peer reviewer: “Spirituality and the Current Adjustment of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse” for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
2004 Peer reviewer: “The Sense of Divine Control and Mental Health” Variations by Race and Socioeconomic Status” for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
1995 Peer reviewer: Westminster/John Knox Publishing Company
University Community Involvement
2010-present Academic advisor to The Algoma University Drama Club
2010: Director: The Jewish Wife, (Bertolt Brecht)
2012; Director: Scooby Choo: The Play (Dan Weissenberger); Moore’s the Pity (Dan Weissenberger)
2014 -Director: The Bald Soprano (Eugen Ionesco)
2015: Director: Voltaire and the Zombies (Dan Weissenberger)
2010-2011 Member of the President’s Task Force on the Block Plan, Algoma University. Member of the Paedagogical Sub-committee.
1994-1998 President and Chief Grievance Officer: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3815, Sessional Lecturers Association, Carleton University. CUPE representative on the Employment Equity Committee. Member: negotiating team for second contract. Chair: Negotiating Team for the first collective agreement signed April 1996. Member of CUPE 3815 negotiating team on union amalgamation with research and teaching assistants union. Member of Organizing Committee for the unionization drive at Carleton University Ottawa ON
1995 Debater for the negative: “Is Jesus God?” Debate organized by the Campus Crusade for Christ, Carleton University, Ottawa ON
1990-92 Graduate Students Association Representative to the Sexual Harassment Committee of the University of Ottawa; Chair of the Subcommittee of the Sexual Harassment Committee of the University of Ottawa responsible for the conception, design and implementation of its Sexual Harassment Poster and Brochure Ottawa ON
1985-92 Executive member of the Graduate Students Association, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
1988-89 Communications Officer, Canadian Union of Educational Workers, Local 10, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
1987-88 Member of Organizing Committee for the unionization drive at University of Ottawa ON
Professional Development
1988 Participant: International Colloquium on Pastoral Studies. Saint Paul University, Ottawa, ON
1987 Participant: International Conference on the Mental Health of Children and Youth, Ottawa, ON
1987 Participant: Focus and Achievements on Child Abuse, The Ontario Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse Annual Conference, Toronto, ON
1986 Participant: Knowledge and Controversy in Treatment, Third Annual Conference on Abuse and Victimisation in Life-Span Perspective, Harvard Medical School Department for Continuing Education, Cambridge, MA
RESEARCH AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
2004 Telephone survey for the John Rick Campaign. Client liaison, creation of survey instruments and management of survey including data analysis, report writing and presentation.
2003 Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR): NGO financial management training. Consultation on proposals to Health Canada, including support in the creation of an organization-wide logic model and workplan, global and mini-budgets and organizational evaluation plan with performance measures and indicators of success.
1997 – 2003 Research Analyst (Public Policy & Research and Evaluation: EKOS Research Associates.
1996-98 Educational Coordinator: Electronic Bytes. Family Treasures on the Internet Project. Production of CBT for intermediate and high schools including creation of curriculum guide and coordination of the pilot projects for an intermediate high school interactive web page development curriculum.
1995-1996 Consultant: Research analysis and discussion paper: The Integration of Psychosocial Perspectives (Models, Theory and Care) into Care, Treatment and Support Programs in order to Facilitate Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Persons Living with HIV Disease. AIDS Care, Treatment, and Support Unit, Health Canada Ottawa ON
1986 Analysis of, and recommendations to The Response of Church Council on Justice and Corrections to The Badgely Commission Report on the Sexual Abuse of Children
1982-91 Research assistant: for The Canadian Centre for the Study of Women and Religion, Dr. Naomi Goldenberg, and Dr. Reinhard Pummer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Film/Multimedia:
2018-present Podcast: Profiling Criminal Minds (https://profilingcriminalminds.podbean.com/)
2017-2018 Producer: The Mummy – Pre-production
2013 Producer/Line Producer: The Professional - Cycle 1: (4 short films)
Statistics Canada:
2011 2011 Census: pre-census, census, clean-up
2006 2006 Census: drop-off; remapping; clean-up
Social Services
2006-2007 Support Services Worker: ACCESS AIDS Network, Sault Ste Marie site
1991-96 HIV/AIDS Counsellor
1987-1995 Counsellor for adult survivors of child sexual assault and family violence
1993-1994 Apartment Support Program Coordinator, AIDS Housing Group (Bruce House) of Ottawa
1991-92 Counsellor and Caregiver, AIDS Housing Group (Bruce House) of Ottawa
Volunteer
2006 Chair: Volunteer Advisory Committee, Access AIDS, Sault Ste Marie ON
2005 Volunteer: Access AIDS, Sault Ste Marie ON
2003-2004 Board of Directors, Social Planning Council of Ottawa. Chair of the Human Resources Committee.
1995-2001 Board of Directors, Social Planning Council of Ottawa-Carleton. Treasurer from 1995-97, 2000-1; President 1997-98. Oversaw financial and structural reorganization of SPC with staff and board 1995-97. Involved in hiring staff, working on funding proposals as well as communications work including design of present SPC brochure.
1994-96 Member: Social Action Committee, MS Society of Ottawa-Carleton
1994 Writing, Editing and Graphic Design production for political campaign of Marian Lothian for Regional Councillor of Ottawa-Carleton
1991-94 Volunteer counselling, peer support counselling, volunteer caregiving, Aids Housing Group of Ottawa
Community Involvement
1994 Interview: CJOH-TV. Short documentary news item on Women and the Church in Ottawa
1994 Workshop panelist: “Alzheimer Case Study”. REACH conference: Death: A Question of Choice
1993 Workshop panelist: “AIDS and the Person”. REACH conference: Aids: The Changing Challenge
1993 Review of HOME SUPPORT CANADA’s Proposal: “Ontario Home Support AIDS Forum” for National Welfare Grants, Health and Welfare Canada
1992-93 AHGO Representative to the Women and Aids Project, Aids Committee of Ottawa
1982-89 Chairperson for the Connaught Community School Parent and Lighthouse Advisory Council. Member of three Ottawa Board of Education Elementary and Secondary School Reorganization Committees