Tashel C. Bordere, PhD, CT, is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, and a State Extentions Specialist—Youth Development, at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a Forward Promise Fellow (Boys & Young Men of Color) and certified thanatologist (deathlore). Dr. Bordere publishes works relating to diversity and resilience through loss including a coedited book, Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief. Her research areas include African American youth grief and adjustment to loss (homicide, race-based trauma). She also developed S.H.E.D. Loss and Grief Tools.