Peter Langman, PhD
Dr. Peter Langman is a sought-after expert on the psychology of school shooters. He conducts trainings on understanding the psychology of school shooters and identifying potential school shooters for professionals in mental health, education, and law enforcement.
Dr. Langman has been interviewed over one hundred times by media outlets in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. He has appeared on CBS-TV, CNN, Fox, and the BBC. His research on school shooters has been featured in articles carried by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, USA Today, Education Week, Junior Scholastic, MSNBC, Yahoo News, and hundreds of other news outlets. Dr. Langman writes a blog for Psychology Today. His research on school shooters has been cited in congressional testimony on Capitol Hill. His book, Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters, is being translated into German, Dutch, and Finnish.
Dr. Langman has worked with children and adolescents for over twenty years. He is currently the Clinical Director at KidsPeace, a children’s charity founded in 1882 to meet the needs of kids in crisis. (For more information about the programs at KidsPeace or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit www.kidspeace.org.) Dr. Langman has been interviewed regarding parenting and adolescent mental health issues by Parents Magazine, Family Circle, Better Health and Living, Parenting Teens Online, and In Touch Weekly.
Dr. Langman received his B.A. in psychology from Clark University, his M.A. in counseling psychology from Lesley College, and his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Lehigh University. Dr. Langman’s previous book, Jewish Issues in Multiculturalism, was hailed as “a landmark contribution” to multicultural studies. In addition to being a psychologist, Dr. Langman is a poet and playwright. For information about his plays, click here. For his book, The Last Days of John Keats and Other Poems, click here.
Photo by Kristin Greenberg, used with permission from KidsPeace