SARAH GAGNEBIN

Lecturer, Comparative Religion and Humanities

California State University

Chico, CA 95929-0740

Home Phone: 530-513-2084

Office Phone: 530-898-5266

sgagnebin@csuchico.edu

Education

Degrees

M.Div. 2012. Psychology and Religion, Pastoral Care Department. Pacific School of Religion,

Graduate Theological Union

MA. 2012. Psychology and Religion, Pastoral Care Department. Pacific School of Religion, Graduate Theological Union MA Thesis: "A Continuing Vision of Horticultural Therapy: Placing Family System Therapy and Permaculture in Dialogue"

BA 2007 Major: Humanities Major: Religious Studies Undergraduate Thesis: "A Gasterian Analysis of two Contemporary Christian Groups"

Related Course Work Systems Theory, Christian history and theology, History and theology of modern Paganism, Religious privilege and oppression, Apocalyptic literature, Nature and spirituality, Eastern Religions, Religious functionalism.

Instruction

Teaching Experience

Fall 2014-present. Lecturer, Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities, California

State University, Chico. 1-4 courses per semester.

Courses Taught at CSU, Chico:

-RELS 2751 Women and Religion (Spring 2018)

-RELS 2641 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 3 sections (Spring 2018)

-RELS 2751 Women and Religion, 2 sections (fall 2017)

-RELS 264 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 2 sections (fall 2017)

-RELS 2751 Women and Religion, 2 sections (Spring 2017)

-RELS 2641 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife, 2 sections (Spring 2017)

-RELS 264 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife (Fall 2016)

-RELS 264 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife (Spring 2016)

-RELS 264 Death, Dying, and the Afterlife (Fall 2015)

-RELS 264, Death Dying, and the Afterlife (Spring 2015)

-RELS 264, Death Dying, and the Afterlife (Fall 2014)

Professional growth and achievement

Presentations and workshops performed:

Presentation: "Pastoral Care for Pagan Populations." Sutter General Hospital, CPE Program, Sacramento CA. Year: 2017

Workshop: "Pastoral care to Pagan communities: Chaplaincy, and the hospice and healthcare systems." Coru Cathubodua Worship Group Continued Education, Oakland CA. June 2016

Presentation: "Issues in Pagan Pastoral Care: Establishing support." Pantheacon annual conference, San Jose CA. February 2016

Presentation: "Pastoral care for Pagan populations." Sutter General Hospital, CPE Programs for UC Davis, Sutter Sacramento, and Sutter Roseville. Roseville, CA. Year: 2015

Presentation: "Pastoral care for Pagan populations." UC Davis Medical Center, CPE Program, Sacramento CA. April 2014

Presentation: "Paganism and pastoral care: Chaplaincy in the hospice and healthcare systems."

Pantheacon, ADF Hospitality Suite, San Jose CA. February 2014, 2013

Workshop: "Pastoral care to Pagan communities: Chaplaincy, and the hospice and healthcare systems."

Pantheacon annual conference, San Jose CA. February 2013

Presentation: "Pastoral Care for Pagan Populations." Sutter General Hospital, CPE Program, Sacramento CA. Year: 2013

Presentation: "Explaining Ourselves: Privilege and Spiritual Translation." Interfaith Studies Salon, Pacific School of Religion. May 2012

Presentation: "A Continuing Vision of Horticultural Therapy: Placing Family System Therapy and Permaculture in Dialogue" MA. Day for alumni and prospective students, Pacific School of Religion, Graduate Theological Union, November 2012

Contributions to the university and community

Related Academic Employment

Position: Lecturer Support Coordinator for new faculty. I provide temporary faculty with meaningful and practical professional support that will facilitate their development as teachers and their successful integration into the academic community. 2015-2016, 2016-2017

Position: Co-Moderator ofthe Comparative Religions and Humanities Students Society. Responsible for co-leading student meetings and coordinating field trips, fund raisers, and events. 2018-2019

Invited Lectures

Presentation: "Colors of Feminism," AS Gender and Sexuality Education Center intern education, California State University, Chico. February 2018

Panel member: "Beauty and Death," Professors Sarah Pike and Heather Altfeld CORH Honors course, California State University, Chico. September 2017

Presentation: "Chaplaincy within the healthcare/hospice systems," Professor Sarah Pike, RELS 482 Religion, Public Life, and the Professions, California State University Chico. September 2017

Panel member: "Women in Religious Leadership," with Kate McCarthy Professor Kate McCarthy, RELS/WMST 2751: Women and Religion, California State University Chico. December 2015, May 2016

Presentation: "Western Esoteric Traditions," with Jason Clower Professor Jason Clower, RELS 365: Religion and Film: Secret Societies and the Occult, California State University Chico. February 2015

Presentation: "Pagan pastoral care within the healthcare/hospice systems," With Sarah Pike Professor Sarah Pike, Religion and Social Institutions course, California State University Chico. September 2013

Honors, Grants, and Awards

2018 Received CSU, Chico Curriculum Development Grant for public relations on the new IRR Certificate

2017 Received the AS Gender and Sexuality Equity Center Carol Burr Award for campus and community feminist activism

2016 Received IFYC Curriculum Development Grant for work on the new IRR Certificate Internship course

Community and Academic Service at Chico.

Public Relations and coordination of new IRR Certificate and related Internship program. I visit classes in departments across campus, educating and recruiting students. I am responsible for inviting guests in related fields for one-on-one education, and planning meetings and mixers for prospective students. California State University Chico. Spring 2018

I organize and moderate a campus-wide roundtable discussion for students. "Media, Video Games, and Death," with a focus on American Deathways and the effects of modern media . California State University Chico. December 2015, 2016-2017, 2017-2018

Acted as Consultant for the campus wide "Town Hall Meeting" event, specifically consulting on the "Right to Die" legislation enacted in California. I acted as consultant for two separate students groups. California State University Chico, November 2015, May 2016

Assisted in organizing an internship for the new undergraduate certificate in interreligious and intercultural relations. Received a grant through IFYC to help fund the project. May 2016

Assisted Kate McCarthy in elements of the New Lecturer Orientations, California State University, Chico, Fall 2015.

Community and academic service prior to Chico

Moderator, PSR Open Circle, graduate student group dedicated to Pagan education and

interfaith dialogue, Pacific School of Religion. 2009-2011

Member, multi-faith community collaboration to create a new chapel space for San Francisco

General Hospital. Year: 2011

Volunteer distributer, community food programs through City of refuge, San Francisco. January

2009