Consulting
I work as a consultant in a variety of situations: curriculum design, scholarly editing, manuscript evaluation, ritual construction, video and film production, theater, and Web site design.
| Institution | Role | Date | Task, Production |
| University of Oslo | Advisory board | 2009 -present | Religion in Pluralistic Societies (PLUREL) |
| University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus | Advisory board | 2009 – 2011 | Exeter Centre for Literatures of Identity, Place, and Sustainability |
| University of Limerick, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance | Curriculum design consultant | 2008-2009 | M.A. in Festive Arts M.A. in Ritual and Song |
| University of Colorado, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, | Master workshop for doctoral fellows, Media, Religion, and Culture Center | 2004 | |
| Ocean Entertainment, Halifax, for Vision TV | Consultant, interviewee,and content advisor | 2001 –2003 | Three-part film series, Reinventing Ritual, directed by Sonya Jampolsky, produced by Johanna Eliot: 1. Coming of Age, 47 min. 2. Marriage and Divorce, 47 min. 3. Birth and Death, 47 min. |
| Pro Media International, Toronto, for CBC TV | Consultant and content advisor for the pilot | 2003 | Human Rites, Hamlin Grange and Cynthia Reyes, producers, 47 min. Film series pilot. |
| WordBridge, Playwrights Lab | Resource artist | 2001 | Ritual and playwrighting |
| Sleeping Giant Productions, Toronto | Consultant and interviewee | 1999 | Film series: Death: A Personal Understanding, episode 9, Death Rituals |
| Sundance Institute, Playwrights Lab | Consultant | 1996,1997 | Ritual in theatre |
| Quotidian Independent Documentary Research, Albuquerque, New Mexico | Consultant | 1992 | Gathering Up Again: Fiesta in Santa Fe, Jeanette DeBouzek and Diane Reyna, dirs., 46 min. |
| Canadian Museum of Civilization | Consultant | Ritual and performance and museum space | |
| Glenbow Museum | Consultant | The display of sacred objects | |
| Minnesota Humanities Commission | Consultant | Rites of passage in public schools | |
| University of Colorado, Religious Studies | Consultant | Ph.D. program proposal | |
| UNESCO and the Polish Theatre Laboratory, Jerzy Grotowski, dir. | Invited participant | 1980 | Theatre of Sources Project (international experiment in ritual and theatre) |
| Center for Documentation and Preservation of Places of Worship | Consultant | The display of sacred objects | |
| University of Wisconsin Arboretum | Consultant | Ritual and ecology | |
| Society for Ecological Restoration | Consultant | Ritual and the environment | |
| American Bible Society | Consultant on religion, art, and the multimedia Bible | The Neighbor (a video) | |
| Cranbrook Institute of Science | Content advisor | Celebrations:Cycles of Human Life | |
| British Broadcasting Corp (BBC IV) | Interviewee | Ritual and science | |
| Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) | Interviewee on seasonal rites | Tapestry | |
| National Public Radio (NPR) | Interviewee on seasonal rites | Talk of the Nation | |
| National Public Radio (NPR) | Interviewee on rites of passage | The Infinite Mind | |
| Public Radio International (PRI) | Interviewee on ritual and adolescence | To the Best of Our Knowledge | |
| Arts & Entertainment (A&E), FilmRoos | Interviewee and consultant | Ancient Mysteries:“Sacred Rites and Rituals” | |
| McMaster University, Religious Studies | Consultant | Cross-cultural teaching | |
| Oxford University Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| Cambridge University Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| Princeton University Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| Harper & Row Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| Routledge Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| State University of New York Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| University of New Mexico Press | Manuscript assessment | ||
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Project proposals | ||
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
Project proposals | ||
| National Science Foundation | Project proposals |