The Arthur G. Peterson Lectureship Series on Death Education presents

"Death, Loss and the Quest for Meaning"

Robert Neimeyer, PhD
Editor, Death Studies (international journal); Professor and Director of Psychotherapy, University of Memphis

Thursday, February 15, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Terrace Room at Norman Hall courtyard

DETAILS
-- Free and open to anyone in the COE and UF communities
-- Hosted by UF College of Education/Office of Educational Research
-- CEUs offered for licensed clinical practitioners
-- Seating is limited; RSVP required by Feb. 2:
anapuig@coe.ufl.edu
-- Lunch will be served
-- Dr. Neimeyer will present the first lecture in the Arthur G.
Peterson Lectureship Series on Death Education, to be held each spring at the College of Education. The series is sponsored by the Peterson family.
-- An hour-long reception will follow the workshop, starting at 5 p.m.

SPEAKER PROFILE

Robert Neimeyer is one of the nation's foremost researchers on death, grief, loss and suicide intervention. He is professor and director of psychotherapy in the psychology department at the University of Memphis. He has authored nearly 300 articles and book chapters and published 20 books, including Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss, and is editor of the international journal Death Studies. He is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. Neimeyer served as president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and as chair of the International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement.

On Friday, Feb. 16, Dr. Neimeyer will hold one-hour conversations with College of Education graduate students (10 a.m.) and faculty
(11 a.m.), both in Room 158 Norman.

Read more about Dr Neimeyer's work at:
http://www.coe.ufl.edu/web/?pid=919

TO RSVP & FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ana Puig: anapuig@coe.ufl.edu or 392-2315, ext. 235

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