Lindsey Harvell-Bowman

Lindsey Harvell-Bowman is an Associate Professor at James Madison University where she directs the Terror Management Lab. She was first introduced to Becker’s work when she was learning about Terror Management Theory (TMT) in her graduate program at the University of Oklahoma after her advisor passed away and her life was forever changed by his ideas. Her dissertation investigated the persuasive impact of using mortality salience in political messaging. Since then, she has spent the past decade investigating issues surrounding TMT and Communication within a social psychological framework. Her grant-funded work has been used to investigate the existential meaning when faced with death among populations experiencing suicidal ideation with a history of attempts. She is the author of two interdisciplinary books focusing on TMT. Lindsey helped the EBF to create a communications guide as part of the MAP project, and you can find her interviewed on the topic of Covid-19 as a panelist on the Covid-19 Webinar, moderator, and interviewee several EBF webinars. Lindsey is a member of the Osage Nation.