Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir holds two PhDs, one in social anthropology from Finland (2013) and another in history from Russia (2007). She now works as a Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Gender, Religion, and Culture in Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on archetypal theory, aging studies, ethnography, and the anthropology of religion. She has published articles in journals including Global Networks, Religions, Approaching Religion, the Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, and the European Journal of Cultural Studies and has contributed chapters to edited volumes published by Routledge, Gaudeamus, and the Russian Academy of Sciences.