Michael Rocque

Michael Rocque is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. He has been studying mass shootings for more than ten years. Prior to Bates, we worked as the Director of Research at the Maine Department of Corrections.

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UNSAFE AT HOME

I Study Mass Shootings, Now My Town Is Reeling From One

As a professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, I’ve spent a decade immersed in data on mass shootings. Last week’s horror is still impossible to fathom.

Michael Rocque