Shooting at Florida State University Brings Many Questions, Few Answers

NSU Home to Subject Matter Expert in School Violence & Prevention

Scott Poland, Ed.D. Professor, NSU

FORT LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – It’s happened again – another campus shooting that leaves some injured, some dead and the community and nation asking the same questions as before. Why did this happen? What makes someone do such a thing? What can we do to prevent these tragic incidents from ever taking place?

Nova Southeastern University is home to a nationally renowned expert in this subject who can provide answers to these questions and more.

Scott Poland, Ed.D., a professor at Nova Southeastern University’s Center for Psychological Services, is a nationally recognized expert on school crisis, youth violence, suicide intervention, self-injury, school safety, threat assessment, parenting and the delivery of psychological services in schools. He is a founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team for the National Association of School Psychologists and serves as the Prevention Director for the American Association of Suicidology.

Poland has led multiple national crisis teams following numerous school shootings and suicides and has assisted schools and communities after terrorism acts in New York, Washington, D.C. and Oklahoma. Poland served as the team leader of the crisis response team sent to Jefferson County Public Schools during the aftermath of the Columbine High School shootings.

Poland is a Past President of the National Association of School Psychologists and was the Director of Psychological Services (1982-2005) for a large Texas school district that received numerous state and national awards for its exemplary psychological services.

He has received many individual honors including being named a finalist for the national school psychologist of the year, named the most outstanding school psychologist in Texas twice and named most outstanding psychologist in Texas. He also received the Houston Wage Peace Award.

Media interested in interviewing Scott Poland, Ed.D. should contact NSU’s Public Affairs office at 954-262-2159.

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About Nova Southeastern University: Situated on 314 beautiful acres in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at all levels.  NSU is an independent, not-for-profit institution with 26,000 students at campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Palm Beach and Tampa, Florida as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico. NSU awards associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, doctoral and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields. NSU is classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and it is one of only 37 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification. For more information, please visit www.nova.edu. Celebrating 50 years of academic excellence!

About NSU’s Center for Psychological Studies: The Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) maintains a three-part mission: graduate education and training in psychology and counseling; service to the community; and clinical research. Through the relationship between its psychology services center and its academic programs, learning is rooted in real problems and research activities that attempt to find answers to extant concerns. CPS offers programs of excellence in educating future mental health practitioners and professionals in related fields, in advancing knowledge about psychological problems and their treatment, and in providing high-quality services that address society’s current mental health and community needs. For more information, please visit http://cps.nova.edu

Media Contact
Joe Donzelli | Office of Public Affairs
954-262-2159 (office)
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