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Unheard Witness foregrounds a young woman’s experience of domestic abuse, resistance, and survival before the mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966. In 1966, Kathy Leissner Whitman was a twenty-three-year-old teacher dreaming of a better future. She was an avid writer of letters... Read More about Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman

The private victims of mass shooters are often forgotten. But now, for the first time in fifty years, Listening to Kathy provides a glimpse into the life of Kathy Leissner, who was murdered by her husband, Charles Whitman, hours before he committed the first televised rampage shooting in United Stat... Read More about Listening to Kathy

On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the University of Texas at Austin's clock tower and performed the first televised and (at the time) deadliest mass shooting in American history. Two weeks after the murders, FBI agents interviewed a Catholic priest in Alaska who had known Whit... Read More about Mass: A Sniper, a Father, and a Priest

In 1966, Kathy Leissner Whitman was a twenty-three-year-old teacher dreaming of a better future. She was an avid writer of letters, composing hundreds in the years before she was stabbed to death by her husband, Charles Whitman, who went on to commit a mass shooting from the tower at the University ... Read More about Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman

In 1966, Kathy Leissner Whitman was a twenty-three-year-old teacher dreaming of a better future. She was an avid writer of letters, composing hundreds in the years before she was stabbed to death by her husband, Charles Whitman, who went on to commit a mass shooting from the tower at the University ... Read More about Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman

Literary Nonfiction. Education Studies. Memoir. Why would a high school teacher who loves teaching leave school--after half a career in the classroom? TEACHER AT POINT BLANK answers this question at a time when concerns about school performance, safety, and teacher attrition are at an all-time and o... Read More about Teacher at Point Blank: Confronting Sexuality, Violence, and Secrets in a Suburban School