Humanizing Grief in Higher Education

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.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Intersecting Hope with Actionable Frameworks in the Academy: Allyhood in GriefNicole Sieben and Stephanie Anne SheltonPART I: ALLYSHIP THROUGH WRITING AND LITERATUREChapter 2: Changing Cultural Constructions of Grief through the Shared Story: Lessons from Disability Studies Margaret Rose TorrellChapter 3: Agency in Writing: Managing Narratives of Trauma in Student Writing Danielle LeeChapter 4: "Conceit Upon her Father": An Unintentional Confrontation with Grief and Hope in the English Classroom Adam WolfsdorfChapter 5: "The Grief that Fills One’s Heart": Pairing Loss Narratives and Graphic Young Adult Literature Shelbie Witte and Jennifer S. DailChapter 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 HEALINGChapter 7: Opportunities Lost and Found: A Gay Educator’s Grief and Process of Hope S. Adam CrawleyChapter 8: Finding Hope Through Hope Agents and Narratives in Times of Mourning Elsie Lindy Olan and Donita GrissomChapter 9: Collaborative Empathy as a Pathway to Hope: Grief and Teacher Education Kia Jane Richmond and Cara AndersonChapter 10: "Why I Hate the Wind": Magical Realism and Re-Presenting Trauma Christopher WorthmanChapter 11: It Is Contagious, Honey Katherine C. BrownPART III: GRIEVING FOR/WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERSChapter 12: Hiding Behind Closed Classroom Doors and Opening up Space for Sharing Grief Mandie B. DunnChapter 13: Designing "Patterns" after Hurricane Sandy Uproots Structures Josefa PaceChapter 14: Grieving when Students Make the News: Two Teachers’ Reflections Stacia L. LongChapter 15: When a Teacher Lost a Student: A Narrative Pathway through Grief Nick ThompsonChapter 16: Grief as the Pathway to Hope in the Teaching Profession Leora Wolf-PrusanChapter 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 ACTIVISMChapter 18: My Father’s Keeper: Pathway to Grief-Inspired Activism Ericka RolandChapter 19: When the Music Changes, so does the Dance: Critical Racial Events as Told Through a Narrative Inquiry Beat Kara M. TaylorChapter 20: Homeless Adolescents, Grief, and Advocacy for Others: Hope for the Future Kate Shands HaqChapter 21: Visualizing Hope: Digital Storytelling with Refugee-background ChildrenToby EmertChapter 22: Conclusion: Hope as an Ally to Grieving and Healing Nicole Sieben and Stephanie Anne Shelton

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