TARA  MCKAY

sociologist. EDUCATOR.thought leader.

Gun violence has disproportionate effects on LGBTQ+ community, some of which might surprise you. Learn more in the 2022 ABCT Gun Violence Briefing Book, a text for journalists to help put guns and violence in context.

LGBTQ Populations and Gun Violence

COVID-19 and American Gun Violence

with Kelsey Gastineau, Jesse Wrenn, Jin Han, and Alan Storrow

Trends in paediatric firearm-related encounters during the COVID-19 pandemic by age group, race/ethnicity and schooling mode in Tennessee

with Jonathan Metzl and Jennifer Piemonte

with Kirsty Clark and Serena Musungu

​Structural competency and the future of firearm research

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Association of sexual orientation with suicide bereavement and related emotional distress among US adults

​Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and the Future of Psychiatric Research into American Gun Violence​

with Jonathan Metzl and Jennifer Piemonte

with Jonathan Metzl and Jennifer Piemonte

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the social lives of Americans and added additional economic pressures. In a series of new papers with pediatricians, emergency medicine physicians, and others, I examine how pandemic measures affected American gun violence and how mental health research on gun violence needs to adapt to the pandemic context.

with Kirsty Clark and Joseph Sexton

WORKING PAPER: Effects of Statewide Coronavirus Public Health Measures and State Gun Laws on American Gun Violence

abct gun violence briefing book: LGBTQ Populations and gun violence