Instructor
Liberal Education, School of
- Phone
- (403) 332-5281
- Email
- brendan.cummins@uleth.ca
About Me
Brendan is an instructor in the School of Liberal Education where he teaches mostly first year courses on introductions to knowledge and discussions of identity. He is also a PhD student in the University of Lethbridge's Cultural, Social, and Political Thought program. He is researching the intersections of religion and identity in physical, intellectual, and spiritual spaces and places. His focus is on Latter-day Saints and shared and contested spaces in Southern Alberta.
Biography
Brendan completed his B.A. (2016) and M.A. (2018) in history at the University of Lethbridge and joined the School of Liberal Education as an Instructor in 2018. He teaches the introductory LibEd courses LBED 1000 and 1500, the second year LBED 2000 and co-teaches the Early Start Experience.
Research Interests
Latter-day Saints/Mormonism
New religious movements
Religion and identity
Geography and religion
Religion and culture
History of spies and spying
History of unconventional warfare