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grief • end of life • stress • coping • networking • professionalism • sex communication • parent-child communication • public speaking • familial communication • patient-caregiver-provider communication • risky behavior • adapting to adulthood
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Emily is wonderful to work with. She is extremely dedicated to any task and always willing to lend a hand or friendly encouragement. It can be hard to take criticism of one's work, especially when you pour so much into each project. Emily can take constructive and even flat-out criticism in spades - she gracefully welcomes input and uses each project or experience to improve her work. She is an incredibly positive, motivating influence both in and outside of the workplace. Hands down one of my favorite colleagues of all time.
Meredith Ballantine
Producer | Kasasa
Emily is clearly an expert, but she presents complicated topics in a warm and approachable way. I attended one of her workshops on grief, and she was able to break down her research in a way that showed us how normal feelings of grief could be, and offered some relief from the guilt that many of us feel. Emily's talk and discussion session was accessible to people at all levels of knowledge and expertise. She really discusses all of the nasty "guilt" feelings in such a warm, guilt relieving way.
Jennie Rodowicz
PhD | Cambridge University
Dr. Scheinfeld gives enjoyable examples. She easily related things in different ways so that people could see the material from different perspectives...She also knows her stuff. You can see that she really loves her job.
Anonymous feedback
following presentation
Emily provided a safe environment for me to learn about and acknowledge my grief in a whole new way. Through her own personal life experiences and expertise, she was able to design a workshop that made me feel like my grief was valid and that I was interacting with not just an expert, but a caring friend. It was more than just a workshop. She provided invaluable advice that I plan on drawing from for the rest of my life.
Sam Levitz
Project Manager | We Are Social
Feature Writer | Smashing the Glass
I really just wanted to take time and reach out and tell you how interesting and awesome your study was. It made an impact on me and was very inspiring to me and my future research endeavors. It was (obviously) very well put together and wonderfully done, and really helped me tie all of my thoughts and ideas together. Thank you so much for studying this and bringing awareness to it.
Anonymous
Dr. Emily Scheinfeld was invited to aid the 2019 UT Tyler Concrete Canoe team in their practicing of the project’s oral presentation. The students involved that particular year were high schoolers and thus especially inexperienced in academic presentations at the collegiate level. Dr. Scheinfeld led a specialized workshop teaching the basics of speech communication with emphasis on technical presentations related to engineering projects. At the 2019 ASCE Texas-Mexico Symposium, one of the most talked about topics was how well-prepared the high school students were in comparison to their college-level competitors.
Brittany Bullard
Engineering PhD
University of Notre Dame
Dr. Scheinfeld is a clear and strong communicator on taboo and stigmatized topics. I participated in her workshop on grief and mourning, and her candor about the challenges of loss really resonated with me. Grief is hard, and being not okay is okay. In such an uncertain time, I appreciate her advice on how get the individual tools you need to deal with something like mourning in the most personal and individual way.
Hether Scheel Warshauer
Public Health Analyst | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Founder | Our Better South
Thank you so so much for coming today! This truly was such a thought-provoking presentation, and I greatly appreciate you sharing your personal experiences.
Anonymous
following presentation on Grief
Past Lectures & Appearances
Past Lectures & Appearances
“Death & Dying: It's not really the end." Kennesaw State University Journey Honors College Robin & Doug Shore Special Spring Lecture Event – Keynote Speaker, 2025.
“Getting students interested in the material, and not just their grades.” Kennesaw State University Radow College Student Success Summit, 2024.
“L’dor V’dor Judaica and the Community.” Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, 2024
“Interpersonal Communication and Public Speaking: A workshop.” Creating Connected Communities, 2023
“Breaking bad news: Peer mentor training.” Creating Connected Communities, 2023.
“Working through our grief and helping those around us.” PSY 1980 Conversations with Dead People, Elmira College, 2023.
“The power of Jewish community.” Guest on Your Jewish Life Podcast, London, United Kingdom, 2023. https://yourjewishlife.co/podcast/the-power-of-jewish-community-with-smashing-life-member-emily-scheinfeld/
“Grief hits us all a little differently, Skills Workshop.” COM 335 Interpersonal Health Communication, The College of New Jersey, 2023.
“Love and Information Talkbacks.” Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Kennesaw State University, 2023.
“Talking about the hard stuff.” Talk with Girl Scout Troop 15543, 2022.
"Grief and Mourning, Part II: Rituals & traditions that help the grieving process.” Masterclass for Smashing Life with Smashing the Glass, 2022.
“Grief hits us all a little differently, but it’s still nice to know we aren’t alone.” COM 335 Interpersonal Health Communication, The College of New Jersey, 2022.
“How social media use creates fear of missing out, behavioral intentions, and relational tensions when everything’s [supposed to be] cancelled.” Dean’s Lecture Series at Kennesaw State University, 2022.
“STIs, emerging adults, and human sexuality.” Guest presentation in Human Sexuality at Kennesaw State University, 2021.
“Please scream inside your heart: Compounded loss and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Invited discussion with CMS 386P: Stress & Coping Graduate Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021.
“It takes a village: Family members have to work with health care providers in order to properly communicate about & achieve the ultimate goal of optimal health for their families.” Northeast Georgia Dietetic Association, 2021.
“Grief and Mourning.” Masterclass for Smashing Life with Smashing the Glass, 2021.
“New Texas sex ed curriculum raises concerns: Starting in 2022, Texas seventh and eighth graders will learn about forms of birth control beyond abstinence.” KYTX – CBS19, 2020. https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/education/new-texas-sex-ed-curriculum-raises-concerns/501-ef9039ab-46d9-4795-a722-7d137a011333
“FOMO is definitely real, even if you wouldn’t go anyway: Examining the use of social media during times of upheaval, isolation, and stress.” Presentation at Kennesaw State University Undergraduate Research Club, 2020.
“The ins and outs of presenting: Presentations for engineers.” Lecture at UT Tyler for Concrete Canoe engineering participants, 2019.
“Examining memorable messages about e-cigarette initiation, use and perceptions.” Lecture at UT Health School of Public Health for the Texas Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults, 2017.
“Real Research and Action Plans.” Guest Lecture in Environmental and Health Communication for Laura Min Mercer Kollar, Ph.D. Agnes Scott University, 2015.
“The Academic Body: The Embodied Identity and Maintaining Overall Well-Being in Graduate School.” Colloquium lecture, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Communication Studies, 2015.
"School, Work, Life – Making time for your health." Guest lecture & workshop for Texas spirits, The Univeristy of Texas at Austin, 2012.
“Social Networking and Relationships.” Guest lecture in Interpersonal Communication (CMS 315M) for John Daly, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2012.
“Family and Parent-Child Communication.” Guest lecture in Interpersonal Communication (SPCM 1500) for Creshema Murray, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2012.
“Mindful Listening.” Guest lecture in Interpersonal Communication (SPCM 1500) for Creshema Murray, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2012.
“Diffusion of Information and Information Overload.” Guest lecture in New Media Communication (SPCM 4900) for Minsun Shim, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2011.
“Ethos.” Guest lecture for Rhetoric and Society (SPCM 2200) for Celeste Condit, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2010.
Contact me about speaking at your event, meeting, or about making an appearance. Also available to lead sessions or workshops.
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