Congratulations to Megan Alexander for successfully defending her dissertation, “Care at the Threshold: Exploring Death Doula Practices in the Contemporary United States.” Wishing you all the best following your amazing achievement, Megan!
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Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Megan Alexander
On Thursday, April 3rd at 1:30pm EST, (11:30am MST, 10:30am PST,) PhD student Megan Alexander will be defending her dissertation- “Care at the Threshold: Exploring Death Doula Practices in the Contemporary United States.” For access to the Webex link, contact the Department of Anthropology via email: deborah.bolnick@uconn.edu. Good luck Megan!