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Nov 124 min read

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… the NCA Annual Convention!

This year, the Death and Dying Division is gearing up for our first convention as an official research division!

Oct 1416 min read

Harvest of Reflection: How Autumn Rituals Address Death, Memory, and Communication

As Halloween approaches, the pumpkin spice-scented autumn air may thicken from an unshakable feeling that something eerie may be lurking...

Sep 233 min read

How Khloé Kardashian helped me write about death for a mainstream audience

When I started reporting a story for Glamour about the aesthetics of dying, I hopped over to my local Sephora to interview people about...

Jun 283 min read

“It’s not all feather boas and leather boots”: Communal Grief and Loss During Pride Month

Today is June 28, 2024. It has been 55 years since the Stonewall Riots in New York City sparked a revolution. What began as a reaction to...

May 305 min read

On Doing Death and Dying Research

Sara Kaufman and Leanne Nieforth talk about their recently published research in Omega – Journal of Death and Dying.

May 134 min read

Being a Death Scholar in a Research-Intensive PhD Program

Graduate study is a daunting and intimidating endeavor. It is unlike anything that you have encountered in academia previously. Some...

May 73 min read

Navigating the End-of-Life and Death Scholars Discord Community

Our community has resources that exceed those found on this website and we welcome the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with...

Mar 214 min read

The Precarities and Benefits of Academic Labor: Non-Profit Service Work

This blog post outlines how academic researchers and teaching faculty members can manage extracurricular service work without burning...

Feb 266 min read

Making Friends with the Dead: Gravestone Activism at the Congressional Cemetery

I am talking to the dead. This is not something that I typically do. But given the time and place, it seems appropriate. Plus, and this...

Feb 51 min read

Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Christine Salkin Davis talks life, death, and poetry.

Find more about Dr. Davis here: https://www.christinesalkindavis.com/about-me Subscribe to our YouTube channel here:...

Dec 14, 20237 min read

COVID-19 and the Denial of Death: Part II

Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death was part of a broader cultural moment that reassessed the position of death in modern social life....

Dec 7, 20236 min read

COVID-19 and the Denial of Death: Part I

Scrolling through Twitter on the third day of quarantine during a COVID-19 infection didn’t feel much different from any other day, but...

Nov 4, 20232 min read

NCA First Timer Tips and Tricks

With NCA right around the corner and with many being first-time attendees our community has gathered some tips and tricks to help you get...

Sep 28, 202313 min read

Formal Proposal for a Death and Dying Division at NCA

For accessibility and printing, the full proposal PDF can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11t8BxN7REUsogW9mbiNVBC92NQ5m7MQ...

Jun 25, 20236 min read

Why Every Death Scholar Needs to Attend the International Death, Grief, and Bereavement Conference

I stepped out of the airport into sprawling farmland. My uber was lapping the airport, 9 minutes away, so I breathed in the hot night air...

Mar 16, 20231 min read

Laughing in the Face of Death: Christian Seiter's Interview with NPR

“My wife has me on a twenty-minute a day limit talking about death so it’s kind of nice to have someone else to speak with,” quips Cal...

Jan 13, 20233 min read

Expanding Acceptance: Minimizing the Myopia Around Death

On a sunny Friday morning in June of this year, I woke up to the news that my aunt had passed away the night before peacefully in her...

Sep 27, 20222 min read

A Home for Death: Welcome from Inaugural Chair Laura Bruns

We created this division to give communication scholars of death and dying a home for their research. What does it mean to “die at home?”...

Apr 27, 20224 min read

Smiling in the Face of Mortality: Centering Support as Death Scholars

When I was just a budding death scholar at my undergrad institution, I remember going to a meeting with my academic advisor to discuss...

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