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Ruth Marshall

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department for the Study of Religion

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department for the Study of Religion
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BIO

Professor Ruth Marshall is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, under the Department of the Study of Religion, and the Department of Political Science. Ruth Marshall received her DPhil in Politics from Oxford University, and joined both the Department for the Study of Religion and Political Science in 2008, after having spent 8 years living and researching in West Africa. She is the author of Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria (U. Chicago Press, 2009) and numerous scholarly articles on the study of the political implications of Pentecostalism and postcolonial politics in West Africa.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaJun 2013 - present
  • Associate Researcher
    University of Paris, Paris, France2001 - 2008
  • Associate Researcher
    Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal2003 - 2006
  • Research Fellow
    University of London, Department of African Studies, London, United Kingdom1996 - 2000

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director
    University of Ibadan, French Institute for Research in Africa, Ibadan, Nigeria2006 - 2008
  • Consultant to the Special Advisor to the SG for the Prevention of Genocide on West Africa
    United Nations, New York, United States2006 - 2006
  • Political Consultant on West Africa
    United Nations, United States2006 - 2006
  • Political Consultant on Côte d’Ivoire.
    Social Science Research Council, New York, United States2006 - 2006
  • Co-Convener, Jackman Humanities Working Group - Religion, Culture, Politics
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009 - 2011
  • Co-Investigator, Post-Secular Publics: Jackman Humanities Institute
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2011 - 2014

DEGREES

  • D.Phil
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2006
  • Masters of International Affairs
    Columbia University, New York, United States1990
  • B.A.(H).
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada1986

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  • Teaching provision
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Mentoring (long-term)
  • Mentoring (short-term)

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