Dana Grinde
Thesis title: A Phenomenological Autoethnography of Caregiving and Consciousness in the Meaning Crisis
PhD in Counselling Studies and Psychotherapy
Year of study: 2
Contact details
- Email: D.S.Grinde@sms.ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
- City
- Calgary, Alberta
- Post code
- T3K 4E3
Background
Dana's experience is rooted in supporting people through crisis and recovery. She has worked with the RCMP Victim Services Unit and the Canadian Red Cross National Disaster Management Team, working alongside individuals and communities in times of upheaval, adversity, and transition. This work has informed her ongoing interest in care, connection, and the relational dimensions of experience.
Qualifications
Master of Social Work (Clinical Specialization in Child and Adolescent Mental Health), B.A.Sc. in Anthropology and Psychology.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Research summary
Dana is a Doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh whose work sits at the intersection of consciousness studies, caregiving, and the meaning crisis. Her research explores how experiences of care—particularly in motherhood—extend the boundaries of the self and open new ways of knowing and relating. Using a phenomenological and autoethnographic approach, she focuses on intergenerational healing and investigates how love and presence fundamentally structure human experience.
Knowledge exchange
Presenter of "Staying with the Herd: Relational Ontologies in Disaster Management and Reconciliation" and co-facilitator of the "Game Changer" session, "Joanna Macy’s The Spiral of the Work That Reconnects, Soul Work and Magnanimity in Academia"; Chair of Community AGMs; and host and organizer of community town halls, and engagement and bylaw sessions.