Psychology Department

Final Scenes: Death Literacy Through Devised Theater

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Carol Weisse, the Ronald M. Obenzinger Professor of Psychology and director of health professions, co-developed with former NY6 colleague Kelly Melekis a symposium, Improving Death Literacy Through Interdisciplinary Research-Practice Partnerships and Experiential Learning, that was presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America Conference in Boston. In the symposium, she presented "Final Scenes: Death Literacy Through Devised Theater" and co-presented "Hyperactive Delirium Among Home Hospice Patients: Improving Death Literacy Through Community-Based Research" with Jordan Whittier '25. At this same conference, Weisse co-authored a poster entitled "Unusual Perceptual Experiences at the End-of-Life: Caregiver Responses and Implications for Symptom Management" with Meredith Killian '24.