1st Edition

Humanizing Grief in Higher Education Narratives of Allyship and Hope

Edited By Nicole Sieben, Stephanie Shelton Copyright 2021
214 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

By showcasing asset-based approaches inspired by individual reflection, research, and experience, this volume offers a fresh and timely perspective on grief and trauma within higher education and illustrates how these approaches can serve as opportunities for hope and allyship. Featuring a broad range of contributions from scholars and professionals involved in educational research and... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction: Intersecting Hope with Actionable Frameworks in the Academy: Allyhood in Grief

Nicole Sieben and Stephanie Anne Shelton

PART I: ALLYSHIP THROUGH WRITING AND LITERATURE

Chapter 2: Changing Cultural Constructions of Grief through the Shared Story:

Lessons from Disability Studies

Margaret Rose Torrell

Chapter 3: Agency in Writing: Managing Narratives of Trauma in Student Writing

Danielle Lee

Chapter 4: "Conceit Upon her Father": An Unintentional Confrontation with Grief and Hope in the English Classroom

Adam Wolfsdorf

Chapter 5: "The Grief that Fills One’s Heart": Pairing Loss Narratives and Graphic Young Adult Literature

Shelbie Witte and Jennifer S. Dail

Chapter 6: Opening to the Hauntings of Grief and Mourning: Writing our Way towards Hope

Linda Henderson and Alison L. Black

PART II: COMMUNITIES OF HOPE AND HEALING

Chapter 7: Opportunities Lost and Found: A Gay Educator’s Grief and Process of Hope

S. Adam Crawley

Chapter 8: Finding Hope Through Hope Agents and Narratives in Times of Mourning

Elsie Lindy Olan and Donita Grissom

Chapter 9: Collaborative Empathy as a Pathway to Hope: Grief and Teacher Education

Kia Jane Richmond and Cara Anderson

Chapter 10: "Why I Hate the Wind": Magical Realism and Re-Presenting Trauma Christopher Worthman

Chapter 11: It Is Contagious, Honey

Katherine C. Brown

PART III: GRIEVING FOR/WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Chapter 12: Hiding Behind Closed Classroom Doors and Opening up Space for Sharing Grief

Mandie B. Dunn

Chapter 13: Designing "Patterns" after Hurricane Sandy Uproots Structures

Josefa Pace

Chapter 14: Grieving when Students Make the News: Two Teachers’ Reflections

Stacia L. Long

Chapter 15: When a Teacher Lost a Student: A Narrative Pathway through Grief

Nick Thompson

Chapter 16: Grief as the Pathway to Hope in the Teaching Profession

Leora Wolf-Prusan

Chapter 17: How Experiences with Student Grief Inform Our Practice: Teaching Teachers to Navigate Healing Processes

Katie Rybakova, Katahdin Cook Whitt, and Christina Christie

PART IV: FINDING HOPE THROUGH ACTIVISM

Chapter 18: My Father’s Keeper: Pathway to Grief-Inspired Activism

Ericka Roland

Chapter 19: When the Music Changes, so does the Dance: Critical Racial Events as Told Through a Narrative Inquiry Beat

Kara M. Taylor

Chapter 20: Homeless Adolescents, Grief, and Advocacy for Others: Hope for the Future

Kate Shands Haq

Chapter 21: Visualizing Hope: Digital Storytelling with Refugee-background Children

Toby Emert

Chapter 22: Conclusion: Hope as an Ally to Grieving and Healing

Nicole Sieben and Stephanie Anne Shelton

Biography

Nicole Sieben is Assistant Professor of Secondary English Education, Coordinator of the Graduate English Education Programs, and Director of the Graduate Education Programs at SUNY College at Old Westbury, USA.

Stephanie Anne Shelton is Assistant Professor of Qualitative Research in the College of Education, and Affiliate Faculty Member in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at The University of Alabama, USA.