grief

  • My Reflections Two Years After Surviving a Classroom Shooting

    Today marks two years since a classroom shooting happened while teaching my final class at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Six students were shot, two of which did not make it. I wrote about my thoughts and experience a few days after it occurred: The Story of a Mass Shooting Survivor and Anthropologist I’ve

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  • The Liminality of Grief in Trauma

    As time continues to press forward after the April 30 shooting at UNCC, I have continued to reflect, think about my experience, and discuss the experiences with others who were there and beyond. The summer is over, and I am required to be around people more frequently. I am in a new city, meeting new

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