Sonali Rajan
@sonalirajan.bsky.social
professor @teacherscollege @columbia | senior director of research at everytownresearch.org | founding president: https://www.firearmresearchsociety.org/our-team | runner | mom to the best kid
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Sonali Rajan
@sonalirajan.bsky.social
· Jun 18
TC’s Sonali Rajan Named to Senior Role at Everytown Research
As the nonprofit’s Senior Research Director, Rajan will bring extensive scholarship and leadership expertise in gun violence prevention
www.tc.columbia.edu
A (happy!) life update -- so very excited to be stepping into this role at Everytown for Gun Safety and endlessly grateful to my TC/CU family for being so so supportive 💞
www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...
www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...
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Congratulations to @rsbeidas.bsky.social and her team for winning the $5000 Greenwald Award for research on firearm violence prevention for their paper, "Implementation of a Secure Firearm Storage Program in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial"! static1.squarespace.com/static/63924...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Congratulations to @rsbeidas.bsky.social and her team for winning the $5000 Greenwald Award for research on firearm violence prevention for their paper, "Implementation of a Secure Firearm Storage Program in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial"! static1.squarespace.com/static/63924...
The very very best - so grateful for these few days in AZ with our brilliant and thoughtful and dedicated research community (and so many of my favorite people)! 💖 #2025firearmresearchconf
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The very very best - so grateful for these few days in AZ with our brilliant and thoughtful and dedicated research community (and so many of my favorite people)! 💖 #2025firearmresearchconf
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The trauma we inflict on children in this country is unconscionable.
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The trauma we inflict on children in this country is unconscionable.
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Thank you to my friend & colleague Amy E. Dark DNP, MSN-PH, BA, RN for sharing the article featured in my most recent blog post! @sonalirajan.bsky.social thank you & your colleagues for all you do to support the safety of our nation's children & teens.
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/17/t...
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Relentless School Nurse: When the Final School Bell Rings, Danger Rises for Our Kids
Each day, as the final school bell rings and children stream out of buildings, their risk of gun injury spikes dramatically. This alarming reality was spotlighted in a new Boston University School …
relentlessschoolnurse.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Thank you to my friend & colleague Amy E. Dark DNP, MSN-PH, BA, RN for sharing the article featured in my most recent blog post! @sonalirajan.bsky.social thank you & your colleagues for all you do to support the safety of our nation's children & teens.
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/17/t...
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/17/t...
I am just so incredibly proud of this conference and of our Society and, of course, our field. Cannot wait to see so many friends/colleagues next week in AZ --
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am just so incredibly proud of this conference and of our Society and, of course, our field. Cannot wait to see so many friends/colleagues next week in AZ --
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
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Why do we tolerate gun violence that is killing our youth?
Firearm Mortality in the US Pediatric Population url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Mortality in the US Pediatric Population url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Mortality in the US Pediatric Population
This case series discusses the rise of pediatric firearm mortality in the US.
jamanetwork.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Truly - for some joyful/fun internet content - join @snowdaylearninglab.org, @haenyyoon.bsky.social, and @lmv.bsky.social (my best buds and favorite people in the entire world) tonight!👇
Tonight! Join us for a live bsky chat at #popplaypod!
Join us 11/13 at 9:15pm ET for a live chat to continue the conversation about play, music, and community. @haenyyoon.bsky.social and I will be joined by episode guest @brownellcassie.bsky.social and @lmv.bsky.social, but we want to talk to you too! Follow this feed and/or tag #popoff or #popplaypod
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Truly - for some joyful/fun internet content - join @snowdaylearninglab.org, @haenyyoon.bsky.social, and @lmv.bsky.social (my best buds and favorite people in the entire world) tonight!👇
Constantly in awe of my incredible friend @abbeyclements.bsky.social for her brilliance and kindness and leadership and for all the ways she shows up -- every single day -- for our teachers and kids and schools. @teachersunify.bsky.social
www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
These teachers survived school shootings. Now they’re offering help to their peers.
“They don't have to be alone with those thoughts or those fears in the aftermath,” said Kiki Leyba, who was teaching at Columbine High School during the 1999 mass shooting.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Constantly in awe of my incredible friend @abbeyclements.bsky.social for her brilliance and kindness and leadership and for all the ways she shows up -- every single day -- for our teachers and kids and schools. @teachersunify.bsky.social
www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
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“What we should be calling for is for our elected officials to use the tools that we know work to render these drills obsolete…. The burdens we are putting on our schools & our kids to prepare for the potential of this kind of violence is, frankly, unacceptable.” — @sonalirajan.bsky.social 🛟
The discourse on active shooter drills, particularly in K-12 schools, is complex. Thank you to Time for this piece, for referencing our recent NASEM consensus study findings, and for including myself and many of my wonderful colleagues in this reporting:
time.com/7331491/less...
time.com/7331491/less...
How to Make Active Shooter Drills Less Traumatizing
Research shows there are best practices for how to prepare students for active shooters in schools.
time.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“What we should be calling for is for our elected officials to use the tools that we know work to render these drills obsolete…. The burdens we are putting on our schools & our kids to prepare for the potential of this kind of violence is, frankly, unacceptable.” — @sonalirajan.bsky.social 🛟
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@sonalirajan.bsky.social sharing the compelling opinion piece you co-authored, recently published in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social via this blog post:
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/09/t...
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/09/t...
The Relentless School Nurse: “Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril” – What School Nurses Must Do Now
This post is grounded in a recent open-access article in the American Journal of Public Health titled “Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril: Protecting Our Progress in Public Health.” The article…
relentlessschoolnurse.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@sonalirajan.bsky.social sharing the compelling opinion piece you co-authored, recently published in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social via this blog post:
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/09/t...
relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/11/09/t...
The discourse on active shooter drills, particularly in K-12 schools, is complex. Thank you to Time for this piece, for referencing our recent NASEM consensus study findings, and for including myself and many of my wonderful colleagues in this reporting:
time.com/7331491/less...
time.com/7331491/less...
How to Make Active Shooter Drills Less Traumatizing
Research shows there are best practices for how to prepare students for active shooters in schools.
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The discourse on active shooter drills, particularly in K-12 schools, is complex. Thank you to Time for this piece, for referencing our recent NASEM consensus study findings, and for including myself and many of my wonderful colleagues in this reporting:
time.com/7331491/less...
time.com/7331491/less...
Sharing our latest paper -- now out in AJPM Focus on the risk of child firearm assault during afterschool hours. This new work was led by the brilliant team at BU and also includes one of my wonderful doctoral students as a co-author as well --
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
Afterschool Child Firearm Assaults: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
Firearms injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the United States.1
Most child firearm injuries arise from interpersonal assaults, not accidents or self-harm.
Firearm violence surge...
www.ajpmfocus.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sharing our latest paper -- now out in AJPM Focus on the risk of child firearm assault during afterschool hours. This new work was led by the brilliant team at BU and also includes one of my wonderful doctoral students as a co-author as well --
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
Thanks so much to @thetrace.org for their critical reporting. And for including me (and some of my favorite colleagues!) in this piece on active shooter drills:
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/scho...
@everytown.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/scho...
@everytown.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social
How Do You Prepare Kids for a Possible School Shooting Without Traumatizing Them?
As school shootings have grown more frequent, so too have active shooter drills, becoming routine in 95 percent of American schools
www.thetrace.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thanks so much to @thetrace.org for their critical reporting. And for including me (and some of my favorite colleagues!) in this piece on active shooter drills:
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/scho...
@everytown.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/scho...
@everytown.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @teacherscollege.bsky.social
Grateful for the opportunity to have been on an episode of the "Measure of Everyday Life" discussing our recent NASEM consensus study (including, what this work entailed and our recommendations/takeaways for K-12 schools across the nation): measureradio.libsyn.com/protecting-o...
October 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to have been on an episode of the "Measure of Everyday Life" discussing our recent NASEM consensus study (including, what this work entailed and our recommendations/takeaways for K-12 schools across the nation): measureradio.libsyn.com/protecting-o...
a few of my favorites from #nokings in nyc yesterday! love our city so much - grateful to every person who showed up here and across the country!
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
a few of my favorites from #nokings in nyc yesterday! love our city so much - grateful to every person who showed up here and across the country!
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ZERO arrests in NYC. #NoKings
NEW: More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Rally at Citywide ‘No Kings’ Protest Against Trump
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/18/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/18/n...
More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Rally at Citywide ‘No Kings’ Protest Against Trump
Demonstrators denounced Trump’s immigration crackdown in NYC and his pursuit of an indictment against NY Attorney General Letitia James.
www.thecity.nyc
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
ZERO arrests in NYC. #NoKings
I feel so lucky to be working and collaborating with such a thoughtful and dedicated team @everytown.bsky.social. Our latest -- a new report on arming teachers -- out this morning:
everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev...
@teacherscollege.bsky.social @teachersunify.bsky.social
everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev...
@teacherscollege.bsky.social @teachersunify.bsky.social
New Everytown Report Confirms Arming Teachers is Not Effective for Preventing School Shootings
Arming Teachers Can Heighten Risks of Unintentional Shootings, Escalate Violence, and Deepen Classroom Inequities with No Evidence of Protective Benefits, According to New Report Case Studies in Iowa,...
everytownsupportfund.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I feel so lucky to be working and collaborating with such a thoughtful and dedicated team @everytown.bsky.social. Our latest -- a new report on arming teachers -- out this morning:
everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev...
@teacherscollege.bsky.social @teachersunify.bsky.social
everytownsupportfund.org/press/new-ev...
@teacherscollege.bsky.social @teachersunify.bsky.social
NYC just spectacular this week✨💖
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NYC just spectacular this week✨💖
So proud of our latest piece, now out in AJPH and co-authored with some of my favorite people:
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
Firearm Violence Prevention in Peril: A Call to Defend Our Public Safety Infrastructure | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
ajph.aphapublications.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So proud of our latest piece, now out in AJPH and co-authored with some of my favorite people:
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
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What's happening in Chicago is not normal.
The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.
The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What's happening in Chicago is not normal.
The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.
The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.
We're just a few weeks (!) out from this year's National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms - I cannot wait to see so many colleagues/friends in AZ as we bring our research field together to collectively advance critical solutions for gun violence prevention --
October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We're just a few weeks (!) out from this year's National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms - I cannot wait to see so many colleagues/friends in AZ as we bring our research field together to collectively advance critical solutions for gun violence prevention --
So proud of my @everytown.bsky.social research team for releasing a new report today on domestic firearm homicide-suicides (and for @19thnews.org for powerful coverage of this difficult and needed work):
19thnews.org/2025/10/fire...
19thnews.org/2025/10/fire...
Shooting his partner, then himself: How firearm access fuels domestic violence tragedies
States with strong gun control laws had three times fewer incidents of domestic violence homicide-suicide, according to a report shared exclusively with The 19th.
19thnews.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So proud of my @everytown.bsky.social research team for releasing a new report today on domestic firearm homicide-suicides (and for @19thnews.org for powerful coverage of this difficult and needed work):
19thnews.org/2025/10/fire...
19thnews.org/2025/10/fire...
Looking forward to joining our colleagues at Brady, Giffords, and the Community Justice Action Fund at 12PM ET today to discuss the impacts of the Trump Administration’s policy and funding rollbacks on gun safety progress. Link to register/join is below --
giffords-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
giffords-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SAFER: The Trump Administration’s Rollback of Gun Safety Progress. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SAFER: The Trump Administration’s Rollback of Gun Safety Progress. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
giffords-org.zoom.us
September 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Looking forward to joining our colleagues at Brady, Giffords, and the Community Justice Action Fund at 12PM ET today to discuss the impacts of the Trump Administration’s policy and funding rollbacks on gun safety progress. Link to register/join is below --
giffords-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
giffords-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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i love ta-nehisi coates so much
September 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
i love ta-nehisi coates so much
Another Monday following a weekend of deadly and devastating shootings in this country. But the thing giving me hope are the many many people working so hard every single day across sectors and disciplines to prevent this violence. Grateful for every person in this work and in this fight.
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Another Monday following a weekend of deadly and devastating shootings in this country. But the thing giving me hope are the many many people working so hard every single day across sectors and disciplines to prevent this violence. Grateful for every person in this work and in this fight.