Academic Curriculum Vitae
Holly A. Pearse, BA, MA
Updated May 2006
Education History:
In Progress: PhD Studies, Laurier-Waterloo PhD in Religious Studies.
2004-5: Post-Degree Studies, Film Studies, McMaster University.
2004: Master�s Degree in Religious Studies (Ancient Jewish Literature, with a minor in Ancient Christian Literature), McMaster University.
* Information on MA Thesis (2004) *
2001-02: Post Degree Studies in Criminology, St. Mary�s University.
2001: Advanced Major BA in Comparative Religion, Dalhousie University.
2000: BA in Comparative Religion, Dalhousie University.
1996: French Immersion program completed, St. Anne�s University.
1996: High School diploma, Middleton Regional High School.
Honours:
2005- 2009: Wilfrid Laurier University Graduate Scholarship.
2005-2009: Wilfrid Laurier University Teaching Assistantship.
2002-2005: McMaster University Teaching Assistantship.
2002-2004: McMaster University Graduate Scholarship.
1999-2001: Dalhousie University Study Grants.
1999-2000: Dalhousie University Dean�s List.
Academic Experience, Presentations & Publications:
June - August 2006: Research Assistant to Dr. Lorne Dawson, Univeristy of Waterloo.
September 2005-Present: Teaching Assistant, Wilfrid Laurier University.
April 3, 2006: Guest Lecture, �Jews and Visual Culture: The History and Development of the Jewish Image in Hollywood.� RE 106: Religion & Visual Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University at Waterloo. For Dr. Ronald L. Grimes.
September 2005-March 2006: Secretary, Planning and Selection Committees for The Fourth Annual WLU Interdisciplinary Arts Conference, 2006.
November 10, 2005: Public talk and showing, The Believer (2002), for the WLU Religion & Culture Society.
October 19, 2005: Guest Lecture, �Race in Film Series: The Good, The Bad, and The Jews: The History of the Cinematic Jew in Hollywood.� CT 325: Popular Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford Campus). For H. Chad Hillier.
July 11, 2005: Guest Lecture, �Judaism in the Second Temple Period.� RS 2GG3: Earliest Portraits of Jesus, McMaster University. For Dr. Philippa Carter.
September 2002-April 2005: Teaching Assistant and Marker. Religious Studies, Health Studies and Hebrew Departments, McMaster University.
August 2003-August 2004: Research Assistant to Dr. Eileen M. Schuller, McMaster University.
Summer 2002: Compiled index for James W. Ceaser's American Government: Origins, Institutions, and Public Policy. 7th Ed. (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/ Hunt, 2002) for Literary Database Services.
Summer 2000: Essay published in non-refereed university journal: �Devil�s Handshake: The Holocaust, Pope Pius XII, and the Papacy of Pope John Paul II.� Hinge: A Journal of Contemporary Studies. Volume 6, Summer 2000.