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Title: Adam Johnson oral history interview, 2020 May 7
Creator: Johnson, Adam Patrick
Date Created: 2020-05-07
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, College students, School shootings, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Campus violence, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Adam Johnson was a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at UNC Charlotte in April of 2019 and recounts his memory of a gunman opening fire inside his LBST class in the Kennedy building on April 30th. Mr. Johnson recalls his class being in th...

Title: Alexander Simmons (A.J.) oral history interview, 2021 March 3
Creator: Simmons, Alexander J.
Date Created: 2021-03-03
Subjects--Topical: College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, School shootings, Police brutality
Description: A. J. Simmons shares his experience as a graduate student at UNC Charlotte from 2016 to 2019. [All times approximate] A.J. talks about being a first generation college student [2:47], his decision to come to UNC Charlotte for graduate school [6:53...

Title: Audrey Baran oral history interview, 2020 April 28
Creator: Baran, Audrey
Date Created: 2020-04-28
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Compassion, Mental health services, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, Dance, Choreography--Psychological aspects, Choreography--Studying and teaching (Higher), Choreographic collaboration
Description: Audrey Baran was an adjunct lecturer in UNC Charlotte's Department of Dance in April of 2019 when an active shooter took the lives of two students and injured four others. In the days following the April 30th tragedy, Ms. Baran held a yoga cl...

Title: Beth Rugg oral history interview, 2019 October 30
Creator: Rugg, Beth, 1961-
Date Created: 2019-10-30
Subjects--Topical: College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Police, Emergency communication systems
Description: In this interview, Beth Rugg, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Client Engagement at UNC Charlotte, shares her personal experiences and thoughts related to the April 30, 2019 shootings on campus. Ms. Rugg discusses the experience of working in the Ken...

Title: Betty Doster oral history interview 2, 2020 April 21
Creator: Doster, Betty
Date Created: 2020-04-21
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Communication in crisis management
Description: Betty Doster, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Constituent Relations, discusses the events of April 30th 2019 and her role in coordinating elected and public officials. Ms. Doster was attending a legislative session in Raleigh when she rece...

Title: Betty Ladner oral history interview, 2020 July 2
Creator: Ladner, Elizabeth H., 1948-
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, First responders, Campus police, Medical informatics, Emergency communication systems
Description: Betty Ladner, recently retired Executive Director of External Relations and longtime member of the Senior Management Team for the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte reflects on her career and details her experiences on April 30, 2019. Ms. L...

Title: Brenda G. Shue oral history interview, 2019 November 20
Creator: Shue, Brenda G.
Date Created: 2019-11-20
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, College students, School shootings, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Campus violence, Memorials, Collective memory, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Brenda Shue, Executive Assistant to UNC Charlotte's Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, talks about the events of April 30, 2019 and her role in the University's response to the tragedy. She begins the interview discussing her efforts to get Ch...

Title: Brian Peck oral history interview, 2021 December 20
Creator: Peck, Brian (Brian Thomas)
Date Created: 2021-12-20
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Memorials, Scholarships, Collective memory, Empathy, Victims of violent crimes
Description: Brian Peck, Director of Development in the College of Computing and Informatics and the School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte discusses his close involvement with and support for the Parlier and Howell families on behalf of the University follow...

Title: Brook Muller oral history interview, 2022 January 13
Creator: Muller, Brook
Date Created: 2022-01-13
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Memorials, Collective memory, Landscape design, Ecological landscape design, Architectural design
Description: Brook Muller assumed his position as the Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture at UNC Charlotte in the fall of 2019. Shortly after his arrival he was invited by Chancellor Dubois to chair the Niner Nation Remembrance Memorial Jury and Advis...

Title: Cade Lee oral history interview, 2020 May 27
Creator: Lee, Cade
Date Created: 2020-05-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Homicide--Prevention, Mental health services, Campus police, Memorials, Local government--Political aspects
Description: Cade Lee shares his experience as a student and activist at UNC Charlotte on April 30th, 2019, when a former student opened fire on a classroom killing two students and injuring four others. Months before the tragedy, Mr. Lee founded the UNC Charl...

Title: Celeste Godwin oral history interview, 2020 February 25
Creator: Godwin, Celeste
Date Created: 2020-02-25
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Compassion, Mental health services, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Public safety
Description: Police officer Celeste Godwin shares her experience on duty the night of April 30th, 2019 when an active shooter was reported on UNC Charlotte's campus. Officer Godwin was scheduled to work the Waka Flaka Flame concert and was stationed on th...

Title: Chandler Crean oral history interview, 2020 March 27
Creator: Crean, Chandler
Date Created: 2020-03-27
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Campus police, Memorials, Collective memory, Communication in crisis management, Commencement ceremonies
Description: Chandler Crean assumed the role of Student Government Association President for the 2019-2020 year at UNC Charlotte just a few weeks before the tragic shooting on April 30, 2019. Mr. Crean recounts his involvement in student activities during his ...

Title: Chesney Klubert oral history interview, 2020 June 11
Creator: Klubert, Chesney
Date Created: 2020-06-11
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, Psychic trauma, Personal narratives, Empathy--Psychological aspects, Catharsis, Memorials
Description: Chesney Klubert, personnel specialist at the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte, reflects on her personal experiences on and following April 30, 2019, when a gunman opened fire on a class of students on campus. Ms. Klubert had left campus e...

Title: Christine Reed Davis oral history interview 1, 2020 November 24
Creator: Davis, Christine Reed
Date Created: 2020-11-24
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Communication in crisis management, Student affairs administrators, Empathy
Description: Dr. Christine Reed Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at UNC Charlotte, describes her background, her career at UNC Charlotte, and her personal and professional experience in regard to the April 30 2019 mass ...

Title: Christine Reed Davis oral history interview 2, 2020 December 9
Creator: Davis, Christine Reed, 1971-
Date Created: 2020-12-09
Subjects--Topical: Student affairs administrators, School shootings, College students, Emergency management, Compassion, Communication in crisis management
Description: In this second of two interviews, Dr. Christine Reed Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at UNC Charlotte, discusses the aftermath and effects of the April 30, 2019 mass shooting on campus. Dr. Davis describes...

Title: Christopher Gonyar oral history interview, 2019 December 10
Creator: Gonyar, Christopher
Date Created: 2019-12-10
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Emergency management--Public opinion, Emergency management, Universities and colleges--Administration, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police
Description: Christopher Gonyar, Director of Emergency Management at UNC Charlotte, shares his personal account of managing aspects of the emergency response to the April 30th shooting, headquartered in the Police and Facilities Management building on campus. ...

Title: David Spano oral history interview, 2019 December 13
Creator: Spano, David B.
Date Created: 2019-12-13
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Gun control, Compassion, Mental health services, Memorials
Description: Dr. David Spano shares his experience serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services during the April 30th tragedy at the UNC Charlotte. Dr. Spano has worked at the...

Title: Drew Pescaro oral history interview 1, 2020 November 19
Creator: Pescaro, Drew
Date Created: 2020-11-19
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Campus violence, First responders, Victims of violent crimes, Anxiety, Emotional support animals
Description: WARNING: This interview contains a first hand account of a mass shooting beginning at 27:42 and ending at 01:01:29. Drew Pescaro, one of six victims of the April 30 mass shooting at UNC Charlotte, describes his life before the shooting and his exp...

Title: Drew Pescaro oral history interview 2, 2020 December 10
Creator: Pescaro, Drew
Date Created: 2020-12-10
Subjects--Topical: School shootings, College students, Campus violence, Victims of violent crimes, Resilience (Personality trait), Grief, Post-traumatic stress disorder
Description: In this second of two interviews, Drew Pescaro, one of six victims of the April 30 mass shooting at UNC Charlotte, describes his short and long term recovery after the shooting, and the impacts that the event has had on his life. Mr. Pescaro detai...

Title: Elizabeth A. Hardin oral history interview 3, 2019 December 17
Creator: Hardin, Beth (Beth A.)
Date Created: 2019-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Emergency management, School shootings, College students, Universities and colleges--Administration, Compassion, Mental health services, Post-traumatic stress disorder, First responders, Campus violence, Universities and colleges--Security measures, Campus police, Memorials, Communication in crisis management
Description: Elizabeth Hardin, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs at UNC Charlotte, discusses the events of April 30, 2019, when a gunman opened fire in a classroom on campus. Ms. Hardin was at an off campus event at the Center City Building at the time of t...