One week ago, 21 people were killed at a elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. In light of the tragedy, we have two guests join us to unpack how we got here and how it’s impacting us and our children.

Julie B. Wiest is a Professor of Sociology at ​West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She is a sociologist of culture and media, and studies three primary areas: the sociocultural context of violence, ​mass media effects, and the relationship between new media technologies and sociocultural change.

Ryan Herringa, MD, PhD is the Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and the UW Health Professor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.  He is a pediatric psychiatrist and neuroscientist whose work explores the neural substrates of childhood traumatic stress and PTSD.   Dr. Herringa is active in clinical care and teaching, with specialization in the treatment of youth with trauma-related mental illness.

 

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