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Robert Spinelli is the archivist for Special Collections at Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to his role there, he worked in the non-profit museum sector and was the former Special Collections Librarian at Fisk University. Mr. Spinelli is also an active researcher in the fields of misinformation and death studies. His first book, The Lizard People Don't Want You to Read This: Essays on Conspiracy Theories in Popular Culture, will be published by McFarland Publishers in Fall 2025, with his second, Death, Commemoration & Cultural Meaning: Past & Present, due out with Berghahn Books.

Robyn S. Lacy, PhD, is a historical archaeologist, writer, gravestone conservator, and adjunct professor of archaeology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She studies burial landscape development of 17th-century British, Dutch, and French settlements on the northeast coast of North America, among other things.

Klappentext

An overview of grieving and memorialization - from a diverse, international group of academics - ranging from traditional modes of expression to contemporary modes that revolve around the digital world.