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bell hooks

Inaugural Resident Scholar, The Cassandra Voss Center.

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Lily Janousek
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Lily Janousek

“Notes app poet”; creator and co-founder of the Bearing It All podcast on grief and life.

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Betsy Johnson
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Betsy Johnson

Teaches English and Strategic Communication at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.

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Anna Kudak, Ph.D.
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Anna Kudak, Ph.D.

Teaches interpersonal and family communication at the University of St. Thomas; co-author with Carol Bruess.

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R. Alice Lavendel
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R. Alice Lavendel

Poet and assemblage artist based in New York City; M.A., Courtauld Institute of Art.

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Devon Linssen
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Devon Linssen

St. Norbert College ‘23; researcher and writer for this book project.

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Ronald Manning
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Ronald Manning

Physician practicing hospice care; based in Wisconsin.

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Moya McGinn Mathews
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Moya McGinn Mathews

Musician, minister, yoga teacher, and “Nana”; author of Honoring Loss, Growing Through Grief.

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Mary McGreevy
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Mary McGreevy

Creator and host of Tips From Dead People; lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Gregor Nelson, Ed.D.
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Gregor Nelson, Ed.D.

Helps individuals and organizations grow; background in human resources and organizational learning.

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Annika Osell
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Annika Osell

Former AmeriCorps member serving the Cassandra Voss Center; works in nonprofit community engagement.

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Alma Jean Spitz
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Alma Jean Spitz

St. Norbert College ‘21; works in community mental health in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Joan Steffend
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Joan Steffend

Emmy-winning anchor/reporter, KARE-TV; author of And She Sparkled and Peace In, Peace Out.

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Jesie Steffes
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Jesie Steffes

Colorado-based writer and grief therapist; writes at Sated Soul on Substack.

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Deanna A. Thompson, Ph.D.
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Deanna A. Thompson, Ph.D.

Author and speaker; retired inaugural director, Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community, St. Olaf College.

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Elaine Tosetti
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Elaine Tosetti

Based in New England; devoted to functional fitness and mushroom foraging with her wife, Mia.

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Ava Van Straten
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Ava Van Straten

Yale ‘25; works on the Child Sex Trafficking Team at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

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Paul J. Wadell
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Paul J. Wadell

Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies, St. Norbert College; author of Friendship and the Moral Life.

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Valeria Watkins
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Valeria Watkins

Retired advisor at Berea College; Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology. Sister of bell hooks.

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Patty Wetterling
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Patty Wetterling

Co-founder, Jacob Wetterling Resource Center; author of Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope.

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