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Study examines psychological impact of UNC shooting and lockdowns

By Leoneda Inge,

Published November 7, 2023 at 10:40 AM EST

UNC's campus the day of the deadly shooting and lockdown in August. — UNC Campus uncharacteristically empty following a shooting of a faculty member.

The fatal shooting of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill professor Zijie Yan on August 28, 2023 led to a community-wide lockdown that lasted many hours. Two weeks later, yet another lockdown sent a familiar surge of fear through the campus community. Due South co-host Leoneda Inge talks with two researchers examining how UNC community members are coping in the aftermath.

Guests

Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD., Professor in Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joe Friedman, Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at WUNC as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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