Thanatology Around the World
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, 7pm – 8:30pm ET
Our February webinar is open to all INELDA members as part of membership benefits.
Please login to your INEDLA Account to access the recording:
Webinar Guests:
Amanda Marie Ellis King, CFSP | Embalmer and Funeral Director, INELDA Trained-Doula
Jackie Naginey Hook, MA | Spiritual director, Celebrant, and INELDA_trained End-of-life Doula at Koch Funeral Home
Webinar Moderator:
Kimberly Stravers | INELDA Educator, Celebrant, and Former Funeral Attendant
Webinar Guest(s):
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Zeyneb Sayilgan, Ph.D. | Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS)
Please note that due to the Christmas holiday, our webinar schedule for December has been moved to the third week of the month. (This event typically meets on the final Wednesday of the month.)
Our September webinar is open to all INELDA members as part of membership benefits.
Recorded Tuesday, September 30th, 2025, 7pm – 8:30pm ET
Webinar Guest:
Cole Imperi | Founder of American School of Thanatology
Webinar Moderator:
Wilka Roig | INELDA Educator & Certification Program Manager
“In Vita Mors, In Morte Veritas”
“In life there is death, in death there is truth.”
Thanatology is the study of death, dying, grief, loss, and bereavement. In this webinar, Cole Imperi, the founder of the School of American Thanatology, joined us this month for an engaging conversation moderated by educator Wilka Roig about the history of thanatology, its academic, clinical, and applied approaches, and the differences between thanatology approaches throughout the world. We discussed the ways in which American thanatology was connected to colonization, as well as the ways that language and culture influence and are influenced by our practices around death, dying and bereavement.
Cole has diverse experience from working in and around loss and grief since 2008 where she worked as a chaplain-thanatologist in one of America’s 25 largest jails, mortuary college professor, crematory operator, hospice volunteer, grief support group leader for children as young as 3 to adults, death companion, served on the board of a green burial startup, and as Board President of a historic cemetery and arboretum.
Note:
**This webinar is FREE for ALL INELDA members
Guest Speaker Bio:
Cole Imperi is a thanatologist, award-winning author, and researcher whose work focuses on the use of non-clinical tools in support of those experiencing loss and grief.
Cole is the Founder of the School of American Thanatology, which has students in more than 30 countries, where she both teaches and conducts research under the school’s ThanaLab. Through her development of Shadowloss Theory and her pioneering work with the field of Thanabotany, Cole’s work seeks to bridge the gaps left by the decline in non-clinical, community-led bereavement support.
As a leading expert in the field of thanatology, Cole has given multiple TEDx Talks on Shadowloss and resiliency, appeared on the Netflix series The Future of…, and served as an expert for WNYC’s Radiolab, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Ologies, MoMA, and more.
Cole’s is the author of A Guide to Grief, for teens and tweens, and a book about grief for adults being published by Penguin in 2026. She was the recipient of the Curtis Gates Lloyd Fellowship through the Lloyd Library and Museum and is a California Master Gardener.
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The recording of this September 2023 webinar has been made available to all members as part of your INELDA membership benefits. Non-members who purchased access to this webinar may also view the recording.
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