Alan Lipman
Encyclopedia
Alan J. Lipman is an American
clinical psychologist
in practice in Washington, D.C.
and the director of the Center for the Study of Violence. Lipman is also a commentator on the areas of violence, violent behavior, crime, and terrorism, as well as in the general areas of psychology
and psychotherapy
. Lipman holds degrees in Psychology and Clinical Psychology from Temple University
as well as Juris Doctor
from Georgetown University Law Center
.
, The George Washington University
, and Rutgers University
, and has also held positions at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
and Yale Psychiatric Institute. At Georgetown, he founded the Center for the Study of Violence as well as the Georgetown Youth Violence Summit. Lipman also served as Co-Chairman of the Academic Advisory Council of the White House Campaign Against Youth Violence, initiated at a White House
summit during the Clinton Administration. He has also served as a consultant on the effects of September 11, 2001 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to the U.S. Department of State. He lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of violence, crime, terrorism, and their causes, after-effects, and prevention.
, CNN
, CNN Headline News
, NBC Evening News, CBS
, Court TV
, and the BBC
.
Lipman has commented on the causes and effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorism events and subsequent anthrax attacks in the United States; on the psychology of terrorists and terrorist accomplices, such as Zacarias Moussaoui
, on the causes of terrorist-driven events, and on the social effects of terrorism such as fear and panic, as well as travel and airline avoidance.
Lipman is also a commentator on the notable cases of homicide, murder and manslaughter; on spousal murder; on school shootings; on family homicide; on white collar crime; and on workplace and community violence. Cases in which the analysis of Lipman has been prominent include the Fort Hood shooting
, the Richard Samuel McCroskey case, Virginia Tech massacre
, the shootings in Denver and Colorado Springs
, Westroads Mall shooting
, the shootings at Columbine, Jonesboro, Nickel Mines
, Paducah
, Springfield, Oregon
, and Pearl, Mississippi
; the Mark O. Barton
family homicide; the Washington, D.C.
and Ohio sniper
shootings; and the Heijn shootings of 2006.
Lipman is also a regular commentator on political psychology
, the psychology of political behavior, and the political mind, having been interviewed on the psychology of Barack Obama
, the 2008 election, and the behavior of politicians by such media as the Chicago Tribune
, CNN, Le Point
, and the CBC
.
, the Associated Press
, The Los Angeles Times, Agence France Press, U.S. News & World Report
, USA Today
, and the National Post
regarding articles on violence, crime, and terrorism.
Lipman is also the author of the book Misunderstanding Violence: Cyclical Tragedies, planned for publication in 2008, and is represented by Jan Miller of Dupree/Miller (Stephen Covey, Phil McGraw, etc.), and is also the author of the political and media psychology blog Head of State.
Lipman also has an additional career as a composer, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, recording on the OneSuch label, his most recent album, Greetings From Lafayette Park, having been released in 2008.
United States
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clinical psychologist
Psychologist
Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...
in practice in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
and the director of the Center for the Study of Violence. Lipman is also a commentator on the areas of violence, violent behavior, crime, and terrorism, as well as in the general areas of psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
and psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
. Lipman holds degrees in Psychology and Clinical Psychology from Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
as well as Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
from Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
.
Accomplishments
Lipman has served as a professor at Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, The George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
, and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, and has also held positions at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and Yale Psychiatric Institute. At Georgetown, he founded the Center for the Study of Violence as well as the Georgetown Youth Violence Summit. Lipman also served as Co-Chairman of the Academic Advisory Council of the White House Campaign Against Youth Violence, initiated at a White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
summit during the Clinton Administration. He has also served as a consultant on the effects of September 11, 2001 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to the U.S. Department of State. He lectures both nationally and internationally on the subjects of violence, crime, terrorism, and their causes, after-effects, and prevention.
Commentator
Lipman has made appearances on MSNBCMSNBC
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, CNN
CNN
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, CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
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, NBC Evening News, CBS
CBS
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, Court TV
Court TV
truTV is an American cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Time Warner. The network launched as Court TV in 1991, changing to truTV in 2008...
, and the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
.
Lipman has commented on the causes and effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorism events and subsequent anthrax attacks in the United States; on the psychology of terrorists and terrorist accomplices, such as Zacarias Moussaoui
Zacarias Moussaoui
Zacarias Moussaoui is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens of the US as part of the September 11 attacks...
, on the causes of terrorist-driven events, and on the social effects of terrorism such as fear and panic, as well as travel and airline avoidance.
Lipman is also a commentator on the notable cases of homicide, murder and manslaughter; on spousal murder; on school shootings; on family homicide; on white collar crime; and on workplace and community violence. Cases in which the analysis of Lipman has been prominent include the Fort Hood shooting
Fort Hood shooting
The Fort Hood shooting was a mass shooting that took place on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, the most populous U.S. military installation in the world, located just outside Killeen, Texas. In the course of the shooting, a single gunman killed 13 people and wounded 29 others...
, the Richard Samuel McCroskey case, Virginia Tech massacre
Virginia Tech massacre
The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that took place on April 16, 2007, on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. In two separate attacks, approximately two hours apart, the perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people...
, the shootings in Denver and Colorado Springs
2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings
The 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings occurred December 9, 2007, when Matthew J. Murray attacked the Youth With A Mission training center in Arvada, Colorado, and New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. -Arvada missionary shooting:...
, Westroads Mall shooting
Westroads Mall shooting
The Westroads Mall shooting was a murder-suicide that occurred on Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at the Von Maur department store in the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins killed nine people and wounded four, two of them critically...
, the shootings at Columbine, Jonesboro, Nickel Mines
Amish school shooting
The Amish school shooting was a shooting at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 2006...
, Paducah
Heath High School shooting
The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, United States, on Monday, December 1, 1997. Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of praying students, killing three and injuring five more....
, Springfield, Oregon
Thurston High School
Thurston High School is a public high school located in the Thurston area of Springfield, Oregon, United States.-Academics:In 2008, 80% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma...
, and Pearl, Mississippi
Pearl, Mississippi
Pearl is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 21,961 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area....
; the Mark O. Barton
Mark O. Barton
Mark Orrin Barton was a spree killer from Stockbridge, Georgia, who, on July 29, 1999, shot and killed 9 people and injured 13 more. The shootings occurred at two Atlanta day trading firms, Momentum Securities and the All-Tech Investment Group...
family homicide; the Washington, D.C.
Beltway sniper attacks
The Washington sniper attacks took place during three weeks in October 2002 in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Ten people were killed and three others critically injured in various locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia...
and Ohio sniper
Ohio highway sniper attacks
The Ohio highway sniper attacks were a series of 24 sniper attacks along Interstate 270 and other nearby highways in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio against traffic and homes. The shootings began in May 2003 and continued for several months...
shootings; and the Heijn shootings of 2006.
Lipman is also a regular commentator on political psychology
Political psychology
Political psychology is an interdisciplinary academic field dedicated to understanding political science, politicians and political behavior. Psychological theories of behavior including; belief, motivation, conflict, perception, cognition, information processing, learning strategies, socialization...
, the psychology of political behavior, and the political mind, having been interviewed on the psychology of Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
, the 2008 election, and the behavior of politicians by such media as the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, CNN, Le Point
Le Point
Le Point is a French weekly news magazine. It was founded in 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of L'Express, which was then owned by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, a député of the Parti Radical...
, and the CBC
CBC News
CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services...
.
Publications
Lipman is author of 15 publications in professional journals, and has been frequently interviewed by such publications and organizations as The Washington PostThe Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, The Los Angeles Times, Agence France Press, U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, and the National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
regarding articles on violence, crime, and terrorism.
Lipman is also the author of the book Misunderstanding Violence: Cyclical Tragedies, planned for publication in 2008, and is represented by Jan Miller of Dupree/Miller (Stephen Covey, Phil McGraw, etc.), and is also the author of the political and media psychology blog Head of State.
Lipman also has an additional career as a composer, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, recording on the OneSuch label, his most recent album, Greetings From Lafayette Park, having been released in 2008.