Illene Cupit

Illene Noppe Cupit is the Ben J. and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Human Development, Psychology and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She received her Ph.D. from the Educational Psychology Department of Temple University. Dr. Cupit currently teaches courses in Dying, Death, and Loss, Infancy & Early Childhood, and Gender Development. Her research and publications have focused on college student bereavement, adolescent grief, the influence of the Internet in death and dying, and global issues related to trauma and loss.

She is an active member of the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), where she was editor of The Forum, its quarterly publication, and was the President for 2012 – 2013. In addition, she founded and directs Camp Lloyd, a summer day camp for grieving children.