Deana Weibel

Deana Weibel, PhD is a cultural anthropologist whose research looks mainly at religion, especially the topics of pilgrimage and tourism, sacred space, the mutual influence of scientific and religious ideas, transformative travel and religion and space exploration. She coined the term "the Ultraview Effect" (modeled on Frank White's "Overview Effect") to describe the sense of being overwhelmed and resulting change that sometimes takes place when astronauts view the vast expanse of space while in space themselves (Weibel, 2020).