Daranne Harris is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Having served with the church’s humanitarian agency, Canadian Lutheran World Relief, in full-time and interim ministry with congregations in Alberta, and as Chief Mission Officer for a faith-based provider of long-term care, Daranne is passionate about practical theology that informs people’s day-to-day experiences of God at work in their lives and the world.
Education:
PhD Candidate, University of Calgary
MDiv, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon
BComm, University of Guelph
Research and Teaching Interests:
Daranne values qualitative research approaches that draw upon people’s stories and how phenomena unfold. Her research focuses on the intersection of theology and the social sciences to explore awe, compassion and psycho-social-spiritual well-being, specifically how compassion plays a transformative role in both individual and communal healing that opens to human flourishing.
Selected Publications:
Sinclair, S., Dhingra, S., Bouchal, S.R., McInnis, C., Harris, D., Roze des Ordons, A. & Pesut, B. (2024). The initial validation of an Evidence-informed, competency-based, Applied Compassion Training (EnACT) program: a multimethod study. BMC Medical Education 24(686).
Harris, D. & Sinclair, S. (2023). Compassion: Alleviating multifactorial suffering in palliative care through the art and science of compassion, Chapter 24. In H. Chochinov & W. Breitbart (Eds.), Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine: Psychosocial Care of the Terminally Ill (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Sinclair, S., Harris, D., Kondejewski, J., Roze des Ordons, A. L., Jaggi, P. & Hack, T. F. (2022). Program leaders’ and educators’ perspectives on the factors impacting the implementation and sustainment of compassion training programs: A qualitative study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, pre-print, 1-16.
Harris, D., Oliver, K. & Schwartz, K. D. (2022, October). The Partners Speak: Qualitative analysis of participant experiences and outcomes from the Family First Responder Pilot Program. Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research Forum 2022, Halifax, NS.
Harris, D. (2023). Co-creating hope. Canada Lutheran, 38(7):15.
Harris, D. (2019). Rediscovering awe. Canada Lutheran, 37(7):15.
Harris, D. (2019). All the lonely people. Canada Lutheran, 34(1):10-14.
Harris, D. (2013, 2014, 2015). “Kindling Bible Study Series.” Canada Lutheran. Winnipeg, MB