I received my Ph.D. and A.M. from Harvard University and an M.A. from the University of Hawai'i, and am currently an Associate Professor and Faculty of Residence at Baylor University. My research focuses on death and dying, and the impact of remembering (and forgetting) in shaping how lives are recalled, remembered, and celebrated. I am especially interested in diversity in death, examining the whitening of the funeral industry and death studies, where I argue that the field of death and grief has been heavily influenced by white and Protestant worldviews.