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March 2018
Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, & the Politics of American Firearms | UC Davis Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
Four assumptions frequently arise in the aftermath of mass shootings in the United States: (1) that mental illness causes gun violence, (2) that psychiatric diagnosis can predict gun crime, (3) that shootings represent the deranged acts of mentally ill loners, and (4) that gun control “won’t prevent” such incidents. Professor Metzl will address how assumptions about gun violence incorrectly link to stereotypes of mental illness and race in the United States.
Find out more »When the Shooter is White: Race, Mental Illness, and the Politics of American Firearms | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In this talk, Prof. Metzl addresses how the automatic assumption that white shooters are isolated, deranged individuals conveys the subtle message that whiteness in general, and white masculinity specifically, is not connected to any larger cultures, networks or ideologies that might foment violence.
Find out more »April 2018
Gun Violence in America – Panel Discussion – Barnard College and Columbia University
Please join the Barnard College Human Rights Program and Columbia University Students Against Gun Violence for a panel discussion Thursday, April 26, from 6 pm - 8 pm in room 307 Milbank Hall.
Find out more »May 2018
LECTURE: Structural Competency, 5 Years On: Tracking a New Medical Approach to Stigma and Inequality
This talk described a shift in medical education away from approaches to…
Find out more »June 2018
TRAINING: Policy Driven Healthcare: Implications for Practice, Research and Education for Minority Populations
June 28th – July 1st, 2018 - TRAINING: Policy Driven Healthcare: Implications for Practice, Research and Education for Minority Populations
Find out more »TRAINING: Policy Driven Healthcare: Implications for Practice, Research and Education for Minority Populations
June 28th – July 1st, 2018: Dr. Metzl will be participating in…
Find out more »August 2018
PANEL CHAIR/PRESENTATION: Guns in Trump’s America
Sat, August 11, 10:30am to 12:10pm - Guns and Violence in Trump's America
Find out more »PLENARY PANEL CHAIR/PRESENTATION: Feeling Race in the Public Eye: Media and Race during the Trump Era
August 13th, 2018 - Plenary Panel Chair/Presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Find out more »INVITED LECTURE/MASTER CLASS: “How to Talk About Guns in the Classroom” at University of Illinois
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Find out more »September 2018
LECTURE: Dying of Whiteness The Mortal Politics of U.S. White Supremacy in the Age of Trump
Staying healthy and recovering from sickness comes at a price. Staying ill means losing time, losing money, losing productivity. Seeing doctors, buying drugs, investing in future health, all cost money.
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