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Ph.D. American University

B.A. University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Louis Klarevas is Research Professor at 麻豆原创, and the author of Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings (2016). In the past, he has taught at American University, George Washington University, City University of New York, New York University, and the University of Massachusetts鈥揃oston. He has also held the positions of Defense Analysis Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and as United States Senior Fulbright Scholar in Security Studies at the University of Macedonia. One of the leading authorities on mass shootings and school violence in the United States, he is currently an advisor to nine state Attorneys General on gun violence and firearm laws as well as a consultant to the federal government on public safety and security issues. You can follow him on Twitter: @Klarevas.

His scholarly interests include:

School Violence

Mass-Casualty Violence

Active Shootings and Mass Shootings

Gun Violence

Firearm Laws

Public Policy: Public Safety and Public Health

Books

• Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings (2016)

Scholarly Articles and Reports

• 鈥淪tate Firearm Laws, Gun Ownership, and K-12 School Shootings: Implications for School Safety,鈥� Journal of School Violence, 2022 (co-authored with Paul M. Reeping, Sonali Rajan, et al.)
• 鈥淭he Effect of Large-Capacity Magazine Bans on High-Fatality Mass Shootings, 1990-2017,鈥� American Journal of Public Health, 109, no. 12 (December 2019): 1754-1761 (co-authored with Andrew Conner and David Hemenway)
• 鈥淐hanges in U.S. Mass Shooting Deaths Associated with the 1994-2004 Federal Assault Weapons Ban,鈥� Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 86, no. 5 (May 2019): 926-928 (correspondence)
• Firearms on College Campuses: Research Evidence and Policy Implications, Report by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Gun Policy and Research, October 2016 (co-authored with Daniel W. Webster, John J. Donohue, et al.)

Commentaries

• 鈥淲hy Our Response to School Shootings Is All Wrong,鈥� Los Angeles Times, May 25, 2022 (co-authored with Sonali Rajan and Charles Branas)
• 鈥淐OVID-19 Is a Threat to National Security. Let鈥檚 Start Treating It as Such,鈥� Just Security, August 6, 2020 (co-authored with Colin P. Clarke)
• 鈥淐areful How You Talk about Suicide, Mr. President,鈥� New York Daily News, March 25, 2020 (co-authored with Sonali Rajan, Charles Branas, and Katherine Keyes)
• 鈥淥nly as Strong as Our Weakest Gun Laws: The Latest Mass Shooting Makes a Powerful Case for Federal Action,鈥� New York Daily News, November 8, 2018
• 鈥淲hat to Worry, and not Worry, 麻豆原创: The Thwarted Pipe-Bomb Attacks Point to Homeland Security Successes and Vulnerabilities,鈥� New York Daily News, October 25, 2018
• 鈥淎fter the Santa Fe Massacre, Bury the 鈥楪ood Guy with a Gun鈥� Myth: Armed Staffers Won鈥檛 Deter Shooters or Keep Kids Safe,鈥� New York Daily News, May 22, 2018
• 鈥淚f the Assault Weapons Ban 鈥楧idn鈥檛 Work,鈥� Then Why Does the Evidence Suggest It Saved Lives?鈥� Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2018 (correspondence)
• 鈥淚t鈥檚 the Guns (and Ammo), Stupid: Dissuading Killers and Hardening Targets Matter Too, But Access to Weapons Matters Most,鈥� New York Daily News, February 18, 2018
• 鈥淭he Texas Shooting Again Reveals Inadequate Mental-Health Help in the U.S. Military,鈥� New York Daily News, November 7, 2017
• 鈥淲hy Mass Shootings Are Getting Worse: After Vegas, We Urgently Must Fix Our Laws,鈥� New York Daily News, October 2, 2017
• 鈥淟ondon and the Mainstreaming of Vehicular Terrorism,鈥� The Atlantic, June 4, 2017 (co-authored with Colin P. Clarke)
• 鈥淎lmost Every Fatal Terrorist Attack in America since 9/1 Has Involved Guns.鈥� Vice, December 4, 2015
• 鈥淔irearms Have Killed 82 of the 86 Victims of Post-9/11 Domestic Terrorism,鈥� The Trace, June 30, 2015