Science for Society: Insights from Psychological Science on Gun Violence and Anxiety
Scientists and advocates shared their expertise and perspectives on the relationship between gun-violence and anxiety.
Speakers
Amanda Nickerson
University at Buffalo, SUNYAmanda Nickerson is a professor of school psychology and director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Her expertise is on school safety, with an emphasis on understanding, preventing, and intervening with crises, violence, bullying, and abuse.
Chris Knoepke
University of Colorado School of MedicineChris Knoepke is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and on the leadership committee for the Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative. His research spans patient-centered care in advanced cardiology and methods by which to prevent firearm-involved deaths, including voluntary storage options and extreme risk protection orders.
Nick Buttrick
University of Wisconsin, MadisonNick Buttrick is an assistant professor of social psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his PhD from the University of Virginia, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. His research covers the socioecological roots and remedies to social problems, such as American firearm ownership.
