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Deana Weibel is an anthropologist and author, living in Michigan, USA.[1][2]

Early life and Professional career

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In 2001, she earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, San Diego,[3] where she began her exploration of the relationship between culture, religion, and society.[4] As a professor of anthropology,[5] she holds a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the School of Integrative Studies' Religious Studies program at Grand Valley State University.[6][7][8]

Weibel has investigated the cultural importance of pilgrimage activities in a variety of religious traditions, including Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism, through in-depth fieldwork and ethnographic investigations.[9][10]

She is the co-founder and co-organizer of the Roger That! Event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[11]

Weibel has been a Fellow National in the Explorers Club and chair of the Chicago/Great Lakes chapter.[12]

Weibel coined the term 'ultraview effect,' inspired by Frank White's 'overview effect,' to describe the transformative impact of viewing stars from space experienced by some astronauts.[13]

Publications

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  • 2013- Missionary Impositions- Conversion, Resistance, and Other Challenges to Objectivity in Religious Ethnography[14]
  • 2020-The Overview Effect and the Ultraview Effect: How Extreme Experiences In/Of Outer Space Influence Religious Beliefs in Astronauts[15]
  • 2020- Book Review: Space Tourism: The Elusive Dream[16]
  • 2020- Magnificent isolation: what we can learn from astronauts about social distancing and sheltering in space[17]
  • 2021- The Mutual Influence of Religion and Science in the Human Understanding and Exploration of Outer Space[18]
  • 2021- Black ugliness and the covering of blue: William Shatner's suborbital flight to 'death[19]
  • 2022- A Sacred Vertigo: Pilgrimage and Tourism in Rocamadour, France[20]
  • 2023- Honoring and dishonoring the dead in outer space: How a Virgin Galactic spaceflight sparked a scandal in anthropology[21]
  • 2023- The highs and lows of extreme tourism: The Titan accident and commercial expeditions to space and the deep sea[22]
  • 2023- Cultural considerations in space exploration: Insights for NASA's Artemis 2 mission" [23]
  • 2024- The Sacred Moon: Navigating diverse cultural beliefs in lunar missions [9]

References

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  1. ^ Ables, Kelsey (2024-01-20). "Human remains set for moon memorial to instead burn in Earth's atmosphere". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ Krupa, Gregg. "Struggling with isolation? Astronauts have been there, done that". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "CV". DEANA L. WEIBEL, PH.D., GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ "Deana Weibel". guide.americananthro.org. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  5. ^ "Dr. Deana Weibel - Anthropology Department - Grand Valley State University". www.gvsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ "The Space Review: "Maybe you were put here to be the answer": Religious overtones in the new Space Force recruitment video". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  7. ^ Toor, Amar (2017-02-27). "White nationalists seem to have manipulated Google search results for 'Boasian anthropology'". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  8. ^ "Brooks Books -Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies - Grand Valley State University". www.gvsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  9. ^ a b "The Space Review: The sacred Moon: Navigating diverse cultural beliefs in lunar missions". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  10. ^ "The Space Review: The NASA-Vatican relationship models a bridge between science and religion". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  11. ^ "Roger That! Conference - Grand Valley State University". www.gvsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  12. ^ "Chapters". The Explorers Club. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  13. ^ "Space travel will radically change human psychology and spirituality". Big Think. 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  14. ^ Crane, Hillary K.; Weibel, Deana L. (2013). Missionary Impositions: Conversion, Resistance, and Other Challenges to Objectivity in Religious Ethnography. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7391-7788-4.
  15. ^ Weibel, Deana L. (2020). "The Overview Effect and the Ultraview Effect: How Extreme Experiences in/of Outer Space Influence Religious Beliefs in Astronauts". Religions. 11 (8): 418. doi:10.3390/rel11080418. ISSN 2077-1444.
  16. ^ Cohen, Erik; Spector, Sam, eds. (2019). Space tourism: the elusive dream. Tourism social science series (First ed.). United Kingdom ; North America: Emerald Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78973-496-6.
  17. ^ "The Space Review: Magnificent isolation: what we can learn from astronauts about social distancing and sheltering in space". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  18. ^ Weibel, Deana L.; Swanson, Glen E. (2021). The Mutual Influence of Religion and Science in the Human Understanding and Exploration of Outer Space. MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. ISBN 978-3-0365-1672-1.
  19. ^ "The Space Review: Black ugliness and the covering of blue: William Shatner's suborbital flight to "death"". thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  20. ^ Weibel, Deana L. (2022-02-14). A Sacred Vertigo: Pilgrimage and Tourism in Rocamadour, France. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-7936-5033-7.
  21. ^ "The Space Review: Honoring and dishonoring the dead in outer space: How a Virgin Galactic spaceflight sparked a scandal in anthropology". thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  22. ^ "The Space Review: The highs and lows of extreme tourism: The Titan accident and commercial expeditions to space and the deep sea". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  23. ^ "The Space Review: Cultural considerations in space exploration: Insights for NASA's Artemis 2 mission". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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