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Gordana Rabrenovic
Associate Professor of Sociology and Education Associate Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict

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Scholars of sociology, religion, and civil rights to take on gun violence and hate speech
In the aftermath of recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families. “There’s really wonderful and inspiring reactions to that violence and hate coming from different religious communities,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of philosophy and religion at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Scholars of sociology, religion, and civil rights to take on gun violence and hate speech

Following the recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families.
3Qs: When hate and terror collide

3Qs: When hate and terror collide

Was the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday morning a hate crime or an act of terrorism? Both, according to Gordana Rabrenovic, director of Northeastern’s Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, who characterized the attack as a “mass shooting that singled out a particular group of people.”
Campus forum analyzes Paris attacks

Campus forum analyzes Paris attacks

Five Northeastern faculty members participated in an interdisciplinary forum examining January’s attacks in Paris and their place in the larger context of conflicts, terrorism, free speech, and inequality.
3Qs: Quelling the unrest in Ferguson

3Qs: Quelling the unrest in Ferguson

Gordana Rabrenovic, director of Northeastern’s Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, says respected leaders in the St. Louis suburb need to call for and establish a review committee chartered to examine the causes of the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.