Media

Co-producer and host of this podcast series devoted to the study of gun violence, produced in conjunction with the Media and Social Change Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. Full episodes and details about the series can be found at our website here.

Gun Violence a ‘Solvable Problem’, but Not a Quick Fix

Interviewed by Cheryl Wills on NY1. May 26, 2022

Why our response to school shootings is all wrong

Los Angeles Times Op-Ed authored by Louis Klarevas, Sonali Rajan, and Charles Branas

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

Quoted in this article by Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press

Racial Disparities among Kids Facing Gun Violence Worsened After COVID

Research quoted/cited in this article by Tom Kutsch, The Trace

How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?

Quoted in this article by Ed Yong, The Atlantic

Just One Thing video series

In Just One Thing five Teachers College faculty reflect on one thing from all that we’ve learned and experienced since March 2020 that they want to make sure we don’t forget. The responses range in topic and tone, but they share a common theme of learning to better connect and care for one another.

Episode Three: Informal Interactions Sustain Our Work

Historic Funding

NIH Grant Opens Door for TC and Mailman Study on Gun Violence at the Intersection of Public Health and Education

Guiding school safety strategies with rigorous scientific research

Everytown Research & Policy’s Safety in Numbers blog series. August 26, 2021

Resist the lure of Zoom school

New York Daily News Op-Ed authored by Nathan Holbert, Paulo Blikstein, Sonali Rajan, and Lalitha Vasudevan. June 2, 2021

CSPAN: After Words with John Woodrow Cox

Guest interviewer for CSPAN’s show “After Words” about John Woodrow Cox’s new book, “Children Under Fire” (Harper Collins, 2021). April 20, 2021

Nominated by Girls on the Run, International as a “Trouble Maker for Good”

February 12, 2021

“2020 Was a Record-Breaking Year for Gun-Related Deaths in the U.S.”

Invited guest on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition. January 3, 2021

“As We Reimagine Schooling, Let’s Reimagine Gun Violence Prevention Too.”

Hechinger Report Op-Ed authored by Sonali Rajan and Charles Branas. December 8, 2020

“A New Collaboration Called SURGE Brings Together Experts Across Columbia to Focus on Gun Violence”

by Steve Giegerich. Teachers College Newsroom, October 2, 2020

“Careful how you talk about suicide, Mr. President: Experts chide Trump on coronavirus, the economy, and depression.”

New York Daily News Op-Ed authored by Louis Klarevas, Sonali Rajan, Charles Branas, and Katherine Keyes. March 25, 2020

“Arming Ourselves with Facts”

“The Last Word” piece for the Fall/Winter issue of TC Today magazine, authored by Sonali Rajan. January 2020

“Shots That Echo for a Lifetime”

Newsroom Piece about recent publication on adverse childhood experiences and gun violence (Rajan, Branas, Myers, & Agrawal, 2019). August 20, 2019

“A Right Worth Fighting For”

Opinion Piece, authored by Sonali Rajan. August 2019