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Profiling a killer and predicting mass shootings -UMW's Laura Wilson speaks to media in the aftermath of July 04
On July 4, 2022 when people across America were expecting to enjoy a day off and celebrating the country's 245th birthday - another mass shooting occurred. This ...
UMW Psychological Trauma Expert Laura Wilson can help with your coverage
It was a typical spring weekend in Buffalo that was shattered by another mass-shooting. The incident was the 198th to be classified a 'mass shooting' ...
Three students dead after Michigan shooting – UMW Psychological Trauma Expert Laura Wilson can help with your coverage
It was a tragic day in America this week as a 15-year-old is in custody after allegedly opening fire on a school in Oxford, Michigan, ...
Psychological trauma expert Laura C. Wilson shares insight on Colorado shooting with The Washington Post
A veteran police officer and a bystander were gunned down in a Denver suburb earlier this week in what authorities are saying was a targeted ...
UMW's psychological trauma expert Laura Wilson weighs in on survivors of recent mass shootings
Media have been covering what has been a deadly year in America, with nearly a dozen mass shootings to date. UMW's psychological trauma expert Laura ...
The aftermath of a mass shooting in America
Last week America was shocked by two major mass shooting events in a week. Almost 20 people were killed and so many more will suffer the ...
Fair Play: Sexual Violence and College Athletes
Since the 1990s, we have seen multiple high-profile, even fatal, cases of violence against women at the hands of male intercollegiate athletes. These events and ...
Surviving a mass shooting – let our experts help with your coverage and understand what’s next
At least 15 people were injured and three were killed, including a six-year-old boy, when a gunman opened fire on a crowded festival in California on ...
Mass shootings and the long-lasting impacts they have on witnesses – let our experts help you understand more.
They are incidents that are now more common than a lot of people want to admit – and research is showing that mass shootings are taking ...
Women often don't label their sexual assaults as rape. Our experts can explain.
Many sexual violence survivors do not label their experiences as rape but instead use more benign labels, such as “bad sex” or “miscommunication.” Laura C. ...