Death Scholars, Inc. is an interdisciplinary nonprofit network of communication and communication-adjacent scholars dedicated to advancing research on end-of-life, death, bereavement, grief, and memorialization.

We function as a connective node within the broader ecosystem of death studies, cultivating partnerships across scholars, practitioners, nonprofit organizations, and research institutions to bridge divides that have historically siloed this work.

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Our mission is to foster collaboration and intellectual exchange across subfields, national, and international contexts, while supporting the translation of scholarly research into accessible public discourse. Through programming, digital infrastructure, and resource development, we connect researchers, amplify emerging and established voices, and facilitate engagement between academic and public communities. We recognize and showcase both emergent and emeritus scholars within communication-based death studies, independent of traditional academic structures that have limited the visibility of this work. Additionally, we curate and maintain an evolving archive of death-related scholarship to support more equitable citational practices and to acknowledge the intellectual inheritances that shape the field.

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We are committed to a more expansive and inclusive positionality toward community care. We center marginalized perspectives and experiences, working to ensure that the study and practice of death, dying, and grief reflect a fuller complexity of human experience.