Lunch & Learn Webinar Sessions
One Hours Sessions. All Live on Zoom
Return from lunch a bit smarter!
Conversations with Dr. Ann Burgess to discuss the
forensics of recent fatal tragedies.
Join the conversation to learn insights from Boston College criminal psychology professor, Dr. Ann Burgess, as investigations continue to reveal more information about the highlighted acts of violence. Nurses, clinicians and families benefit from understanding what experts have learned about individuals, who plan and carry out violence acts, leaving trauma in the aftermath. Identify behavioral patterns, personality traits and circumstances that contribute to these unimaginable acts and prepare to help survivors cope with the trauma.
Gun Violence: United Healthcare CEO and the Wisconsin
Christian School
Tuesday, February 25, 12:00-1:00 pm ET
Live on Zoom
Contact Hours: 1.0
Registration Fee: $34
Luigi Mangione, 26, is charged with murder in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot and killed in New York City in early December. This session will include a live discussion of the accused man's profile and planning methods to "leave a mark on the world and be remembered." From intellect to strategy, including writing on the bullets, a ghost gun with silencer, the fake ID used in a New York City before the shooting, and the note criticizing the healthcare industry.
In the final week before the Christmas break, a 15-year-old, female high school student opened fire at a private, Christian school in Madison, WI., killing a teacher and a classmate, and injuring six others. This is an unusual case as it is extremely rare for women to carry out mass shootings - less than 5%. Learn what is known about the shooter's circumstances that may have contributed to this tragic event and how the shooter matches up to the profile that experts have developed.
Bombings: New Orleans and Las Vegas
Tuesday, April 8, 12:00-1:00 pm ET
Live on Zoom
Contact Hours: 1.0
Registration Fee: $34
On New Year's day 2025, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, intentionally drove a pickup truck into a packed crowd of people celebrating on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 14 and injuring dozens of others. After exiting the vehicle, gunfire was exchanged with local law enforcement, killing the driver and injuring two law enforcement officers. Weapons and two improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, were located in the vehicle and two functional IEDs were found in coolers in the Bourbon Street area.
On the same day. a decorated soldier was accused of planning and carrying out the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger used the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT to plan the event, including quantity of explosives, where to buy fireworks and how to buy a phone without providing identifying information. Livelsberger did not have a criminal history but may have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, in addition to family issues and personal grievances that may have contributed to his actions.
FACULTY
Ann Wolbert Burgess, D.N.Sc., APRN, FAAN, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse, and author of A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind. She has received numerous honors including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award, the American Nurses’ Association Hildegard Peplau Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Laureate Award. Her courtroom testimony has been described as “groundbreaking,” and she has been called a “nursing pathfinder.”
Her research with victims began when she co-founded, with Boston College sociologist Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, one of the first hospital-based crisis counseling programs at Boston City Hospital. She then worked with FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders, and the links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. Her work with Boston College nursing colleague Carol Hartman led to the study of very young victims and the impact of trauma on their growth and development, their families and communities. Her work continues in the study of elder abuse in nursing homes, cyberstalking, and Internet sex crimes. She teaches courses in Victimology, Forensic Science, Forensic Mental Health, Case Studies in Forensics and Forensic Science Lab.