Darcy Nichols, Western University
Interdisciplinary Programs
King's University College
Professor
London, Ontario
dnichols@uwo.ca
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(519) 433-3491 ext. 4374
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Darcy L. Harris, Ph.D., FT, is a professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Programs at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, where she is the Coordinator of the Thanatology Program. She also maintains a private clinical practice with a foc...
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Bio/Research
Darcy L. Harris, Ph.D., FT, is a professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Programs at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, where she is the Coordinator of the Thanatology Program. She also maintains a private clinical practice with a focus on issues related to change, loss, and transition. She serves as a consultant for the Southern Ontario Fertility Treatment Program in London, Ontario, as well as a community consultant for victims of traumatic loss.
Prior to her teaching responsibilities at King’s University College, Dr. Harris worked as an expanded role nurse in the areas of oncology and hospice care in the United States for 15 years. She then completed graduate training in counseling psychology and maintained a full-time therapy practice for another 10 years prior to completing her doctoral studies in Psychology and Thanatology at the Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Harris planned and developed the undergraduate degree program in Thanatology at King’s University College, which provides students from around the world with the opportunity to study about death, dying, and bereavement. She has implemented coursework in Thanatology in the specific interest areas of critical theory, social justice, and the exploration of grief after non-death losses. She is also adjunct faculty in the College of Graduate Studies at the University of Western Ontario, and she is on the board of directors for the Association for Death Education and Counseling.
Dr. Harris has written extensively, and frequently provides presentations on topics related to death, grief, and loss in contemporary society. Topical areas include the social context of grief in Western Society, women’s experiences of reproductive losses, shame and social stigma in death and grief. She has recently released a book that explores non- death and nonfinite loss entitled, Counting Our Losses: Reflecting on Change, Loss, and Transition in Everyday Life (Routledge), and she is co-editor of an upcoming book entitled, Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (Routledge).
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Prior to her teaching responsibilities at King’s University College, Dr. Harris worked as an expanded role nurse in the areas of oncology and hospice care in the United States for 15 years. She then completed graduate training in counseling psychology and maintained a full-time therapy practice for another 10 years prior to completing her doctoral studies in Psychology and Thanatology at the Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Harris planned and developed the undergraduate degree program in Thanatology at King’s University College, which provides students from around the world with the opportunity to study about death, dying, and bereavement. She has implemented coursework in Thanatology in the specific interest areas of critical theory, social justice, and the exploration of grief after non-death losses. She is also adjunct faculty in the College of Graduate Studies at the University of Western Ontario, and she is on the board of directors for the Association for Death Education and Counseling.
Dr. Harris has written extensively, and frequently provides presentations on topics related to death, grief, and loss in contemporary society. Topical areas include the social context of grief in Western Society, women’s experiences of reproductive losses, shame and social stigma in death and grief. She has recently released a book that explores non- death and nonfinite loss entitled, Counting Our Losses: Reflecting on Change, Loss, and Transition in Everyday Life (Routledge), and she is co-editor of an upcoming book entitled, Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (Routledge).
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