Heidi Marx is a Professor of Religion at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada.[1] Since July 2016, Marx has served as an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts. She is currently the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, but has also filled two other portfolios (Research and Graduate Studies/Curriculum/Space/Internationalization).[2]
Marx attended the University of Calgary from 1989 to 1993 and received her Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. Marx then continued her education to Pennsylvania State University from 1994 to 1999 where she received her PhD in medieval philosophy. After receiving her PhD, Marx attended University of California, Santa Barbara, from 2002 to 2009, where she received her PhD in ancient history.[3]
After obtaining her PhD in ancient history at UC Santa Barbara in June 2009, Marx became a professor at the University of Manitoba in July 2009 and is currently a professor at the university.[2] Her research topics are "History of Early Christianity, History of Ancient Philosophy, Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World, Greco-Roman Medicine, and The Body in Antiquity".[3] During her teaching career at the University of Manitoba, Marx has taught courses such as Introduction to World Religions, Introduction to Christianity, Introduction to the New Testament, Theory of Nature, History of Early Christian Thought, Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Early Christianity, Religions of the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean, Texts in Original Languages – Coptic, and Advanced Studies in Christian Origins.[3]
From 2012 to 2014, Marx held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development grant.
Since 2014, Marx is the co-rounder and co-director (with Prof. Kristi Upson-Saia of Occidental College) of the international working group on Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in late antiquity, ReMeDHe (pronounced "remedy")[4]