Chris Klassen

The main campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario. Christine "Chris" Klassen is an undergraduate instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in the department of Religion and Culture. 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." Career Throughout 2002 - 2015, Klassen was an Undergraduate Instructor at multiple universities. 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. Between 2002 and 2003, Klassen was a research assistant at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, ON. 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. Feminist Spirituality: The Next Generation (2009, editor, Lexington Books ) Religion and Popular Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach (2014, Oxford University Press)

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)