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- Thesis / Dissertation Submission Deadline for January GraduationAll day
- Hostile Terrain 94 - InstallationAll day
- My Life My Choice Fundraiser12:00 am
- Re-Birth - Art Installation by Sheila Pree Bright12:00 am
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Art by John August Swanson6:00 am
- GRS Dissertation Defense of Tiffany Dill11:00 am
- Adjusting Non-COVID-19 Clinical Trials in the Era of the Pandemic: Statistical Design and Analysis12:30 pm
- SPH Well: Exam Stress Relief1:00 pm
- Photonics Center Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Nimmi Ramanujam, Duke University2:00 pm
- EMS Public Presentation of Dissertation Prospectus (Sarah Parker Ward)2:00 pm
- Workshop: Managing Anxiety3:00 pm
- LGBTQ+ Support Group4:00 pm
- Journalism Graduate Student Showcase 5:00 pm
- Workshop: Mindfulness Meditation5:00 pm
- 2020 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture with Ibram X. Kendi5:00 pm
- Virtual Bible Study5:15 pm
- A Letter-writing Campaign to Incarcerated Survivors7:00 pm
- From Writer to Creator: Featuring "Dead to Me" Creator Liz Feldman9:00 pm
EMS Public Presentation of Dissertation Prospectus (Sarah Parker Ward)
Zoom registration: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsdOCgrDsuEtdXY1DE6XUqPxXZUn8fLiLy EMS PhD candidate, Sarah Parker Ward, will be presenting and defending her dissertation prospectus. Questions and comments will be invited from the audience, as well as the Dissertation Committee. You can read more about Sarah's research below.Media & Mortality: An Exploratory Study of the Cognitive Antecedents for Socially Beneficent Management of Existential Anxiety From dynamic news media of natural catastrophes to targeted anti-aging advertisements, the emerging media landscape often confronts participants with content that can elicit thoughts of their inevitable death. Extant literature indicates a consequential tendency toward subconscious ideological bolstering as a means of assuaging related existential anxiety, yet this can manifest in a range of adverse behaviors. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the present study seeks to explore individual-level trait differences that, in combination with cultural values, may help more accurately predict mortality salient processing outcomes. Such findings will better inform pertinent interventions as well as provide content creators guardrails for death-related messaging.
When | 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm on Monday, December 7, 2020 |
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Location | Zoom |