Professor Pamela Klassen is a Professor, Chair and Graduate Chair in the Department for the Study of Religion and is cross appointed to Anthropology. Her research traverses the study of religion, anthropology, history, and Indigenous studies. Professor Klassen previously served as the Vice-Dean, Undergraduate & International, Faculty of Arts and Science and as the Acting Director, Jackman Humanities Institute. She was the William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University and the Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Anthropology of Modern Religion at the Ludwig Uhland Institute of Historical and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Tübingen. She is also an Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science from McGill University, a Master of Arts, Religion and Culture from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a PhD in Anthropology of Religion from Drew University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and she has held awards and fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Fulbright Program, and other organizations. She was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Principles to Guide Recognition and Commemoration. Professor Klassen will bring to the Search Committee a deep understanding of the organizational complexity and diversity of the University community, as well as valuable experience from other global universities.