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'Rites of Passage' Class Takes on a Healing Role

Posted on June 05, 2020 by Bill Platt

Amid a pandemic, the course explores the anthropology, psychology of life's milestones.

  • Associate Professor Sienna Craig and Assistant Professor Manish Mishra teach a course on rites of passage.

    Associate Professor Sienna Craig and Assistant Professor Manish Mishra teach a course on rites of passage.

"Rites of Passage: The Biology, Psychology, and Culture of Life's Transitions," co-taught by Sienna Craig, associate professor of anthropology, and Manish Mishra, MED '05, Geisel '08, a psychiatrist and assistant professor at the Geisel School of Medicine, became its own rite of passage as faculty and students grappled with the disruption of the global pandemic and the sudden shift to remote learning. Read the full article here.