Dr. Jack Levin to Speak at T.I.D.E. 2010
Posted Wed, April 07, 2010 10:53 AM
Interfaith Action is delighted to announce that internationally-acclaimed scholar Jack Levin will be speaking at our upcoming Teenage Interfaith Diversity Education (T.I.D.E.) Conference in May! Dr. Levin is the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Co-Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University. He is a leading expert on hate crimes, social conflict, and issues of prejudice and discrimination. His Saturday May 29 evening talk, entitled “Combating the Violence of Hate,” will focus around issues of prejudice and violence, and how we as a society engage with issues of bias and bias-related events in our everyday lives.
He has authored or co-authored 30 books, including Mass Murder: America’ s Growing Menace, Why We Hate, The Functions of Prejudice, Hate Crimes Revisited, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, Domestic Terrorism, Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers-Up Close and Personal, and The Violence of Hate.
Dr. Levin has published more than 150 articles in professional journals and newspapers, such as The New York Times, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and USA Today.
He appears frequently on national television programs, including 48 Hours, 20/20, Dateline NBC, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, The O’Reilly Factor, Larry King Live, and all network newscasts.
Dr. Levin was honored by the Massachusetts Council for Advancement and Support of Education as its “Professor of the Year.” He has spoken to a wide variety of community, academic, and professional groups, including the White House Conference on Hate Crimes, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (a membership of 59 countries) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.