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Envision RadioEpisode 203 - Gerald HigginbothamMarkiana and Price welcome Gerald Higginbotham, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, to the studio. They discuss the intersection of psychology and politics, how history connects to current policy debates, his current research interests, and more.
2026-03-261h 04
2026-03-261h 04
CircumscriptionEpisode 9: TriggeredGerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from UCLA, and also a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University. He studies (in his words) “the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences.”
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--Ronald Reagan's 1983 address before the National Rifle Association
--"The lasting legacy of 1967 Black Panther gun control protest at California Capitol" (article at CBS N...
2025-10-2853 min
Guns UnpackedDr. Gerald Higginbotham on Gun Rights and RaceIn today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Gerald D. Higgenbotham, an assistant professor of public policy and psychology at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Dr. Higgenbotham examines contemporary cognitive policies and how they influence repressive history through racism and collective power. Today’s conversation dissects “Firearm Psychology,” a term frequently used by Higgenbotham to make sense of the nuance and intricacies of gun ownership. Higgenbotham also provides commentary on the racialization of gun rights, collective power, and perceptions of safety through the public eye. Higgenbotham also tackles these is...
2025-09-0843 min
A Bit More ComplicatedEpisode 15 - Learning from History (with Psychology!) with Dr. Gerald HigginbothamWe discuss Dr. Higginbotham's interesting approach to psychological research: using history as a guide. Specifically we discuss his paper which found that racially resentful White Americans were less supportive of gun rights when Black (vs. White) Americans showed greater use of their gun rights. The studies results harken back to how gun control legislation (Mulford Act of 1967) was used to undermine the gun rights of The Black Panther Party in California.
Social Psychological Research on Racism and the Importance of Historical Context: Implications for Policy: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09637214221114092
When an irresistible prejudice meets immovable politics...
2022-11-1956 min
Minds MatterS2E04: Your Mind on History, Guns & Racism, with Dr. Gerald HigginbothamOne of the first and strictest gun laws passed in the United States was the Mulford act of 1967, sparked by lawmakers perceived threat of the Black Panthers. Thus, the launch of the gun restriction movement was a targeted effort to limit Black Americans' gun access. How does this history influence attitudes about guns in the U.S. today? Dr. Gerald Higginbotham discusses the importance of history as a context in which to consider present-day attitudes, and how our own perceptions of history, like how long ago we feel the Tulsa Race Massacre happened, may in turn influence our current...
2022-09-191h 09
Down Trails of VictoryS2 E5--David Greer, Brian McZeal, Daniel Miguez, and Kevin SimienOn the Wings of Eagles...David Greer, Brian McZeal, Daniel Miguez, and Kevin Simien were players on Port Arthur Stephen F. Austin's 1983 Co-Semifinalist football team.Hear them talk with Buck (who was a coach on the team) about:Their experiences attending school at Stephen F. Austin;Their remembrances of Texas Hall of Fame Head Coach Richard Marler;The SFA Eagles' coaching staff;The 1982 off season and regular season;The 1983 regular season and playoff run;Highlights of games...
2022-05-311h 48
DAS Today-Descendants of American SlavesDr. G with Joyce ColemanDr. Gerald Higginbotham with Joyce Coleman.
2015-08-1531 min
DAS Today-Descendants of American SlavesAmerican Slave Revolution Norris Shelton002-DAS TODAY-NORRIS SHELTONDr. G with the founder of the American Slave Revolution. The man who inspired DAS Today - Norris Shelton.78-year-old, Norris Shelton has authored 6 books and preparing the seventh. A former manufacturer with Ford, GM and John Deere, Norris gave up his manufacturing career and took up a career of rectifying slavery.He took to the business arena compelled by the final message of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that the next fight for African Americans would be on the economic battlefield. Norris determined that the term "African American" did not...
2015-07-1433 min
Community Good w/ JADE HARRELLSelma to Ferguson, Captain G at 35k FeetJade Harrell and Dr. Gerald Higginbotham shares his Selma 50th Anniversary experience, the Watts riots, a Pilot's point-of-view and an ignited passion for real progress for the people!!!
2015-03-2024 min
Collective Consciousness ShowEPISODE234 - Collective Consciousness ShowDr. Gerald Higginbotham.. Motivational Speaker, Author & Trainer, Life Coach, Commercial Airline Pilot Founder of Descendants of American Slaves (DAS) .. Recent events at Ferguson Missouri have prompted Dr. Gerald Higginbotham to re-focus on his passion, helping communities heal and prosper. The third edition of his book, Collaboration, Teamwork, and Networking: a case for working together systematically to achieve successful living, elaborates on the process for change he outlines in earlier editions of this book. It is scheduled for release early October, 2014. In his books and at the podium, Dr. Higginbotham asks, Do you participate in or even influence those decisions that...
2015-02-1900 min