Shelley Rabinovitch

Shelley Rabinovitch serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa, where she specializes in diverse religious traditions and contemporary belief systems.

Her research critically examines folk religious practices across global contexts, with focused investigations into modern witchcraft and Pagan communities, Roman Catholic folk syncretism, and Afro-Caribbean traditions including Santeria and Voudou. She also analyzes Indigenous spiritualities of First Nations peoples, ritual dynamics in new religious movements, and intersections of popular culture with religious expression. Her work incorporates cultural anthropology frameworks to explore gender dimensions (Women's Studies) and aboriginal religious resilience.

Proficient in both French and English, Rabinovitch contributes to Canada's bilingual academic landscape through her expertise in marginalized religious phenomena and contemporary spiritual innovation.