Meet Dave Grossman
Advisory Board Member

Lt. Col. Grossman is a former West Point psychology professor, Army Ranger, internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker, and author of the Pulitzer-nominated book On Killing.  Col. Grossman is co-author of Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill.  He has authored/co-authored three entries to the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict and an entry to The Oxford Companion to American Military History, He is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violent crime, as well as how to deal with and prevent killing.  Col. Grossman has testified before U.S. Senate and Congressional committees and numerous state legislatures with regard to the effects of violence in the media on children.  He trained mental health professionals in the aftermath of the Jonesboro shootings, and has been an expert witness and consultant in several murder cases including those of Timothy McVeigh and Michael Carneal.  In the year 2000, Col. Grossman presented papers to the annual conventions of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, and the American Psychological Association.

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