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  Dr. Roger S. Friedman is a licensed psychologist and social worker with over 33 years of clinical experience in providing individual, couples and family therapy. He serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University Of Maryland Graduate School Of Social Work where he received the Dean's Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012, 2014 and 2015. He currently teaches graduate level courses in Family Therapy and Psychopathology/DSM 5.
  He has presented workshops at many national and regional conferences and published over 15 articles on secondary trauma in human services, organizational change and family practice in public agency social work. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, American Psychological Association, and a Fellow of the Maryland Psychological Association. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Family Strength. In the summer 2011, Dr. Friedman founded the first of its kind, family-centered overnight camp for Kinship Care families involved in the child welfare system in partnership with Harris County (Houston) Texas Department of Protective Services.
  Dr. Friedman published his first co-authored book in July, 2016 with John M. Hardy Publishers entitled Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus. He participated in the Memoir Writing Workshop at the Iowa University Writer's Festival in Iowa City during the summer of 2016, and is a regular member of the Authors Guild.
  Dr. Friedman received a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Maryland in 1981, a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland in 1978, and a BS in Social Psychology from Northwestern University in 1970. He and his wife, Roz Beroza, LCSW-C, live in Silver Spring, Maryland and have three grown children, Amanda, Michaela and David.
  On August 1, 1966, University of Texas student Charles Whitman went to the top of the campus Tower and shot and killed 15 people and wounded 31. Tower Sniper: The Terror of America's First Active Shooter on Campus, by Monte Akers, Nathan Akers, and Dr. Roger Friedman, explores the history and personal experience of this seminal tragedy, enriches public memory of the event, and advances our understanding of mass shootings that continue to haunt America.
  The book examines the details leading up to the tragedy, the shootings, and their half-century legacy in stark detail. In doing so the authors correct various myths that have been part of the public narrative for decades, such as a brain tumor having motivated Whitman's actions, that he intentionally targeted certain victims, and that he attempted to make it appear that multiple snipers were active. Witness interviews, examination of primary sources, and handwriting analysis reveal information overlooked until now, including the factors that actually contributed to Whitman's predatory behavior and how his death and autopsy were mishandled.
  Employing the expertise of a clinical psychologist and social worker who was best friend of one of the shooter's young victims, the book contrasts current understandings of trauma with the approach taken at the time, documents the long-term traumatic legacy of mass shootings, and describes how individuals and communities can successfully cope with traumatic memories. The release of this book coincides with the unveiling of the new memorial for the victims of this tragedy on the University of Texas campus, August 1, 2016, the 50th Anniversary of the shooting. To be released on July 27, 2016 by John Hardy Publishing, Houston, Texas.
  FIRST PLACE in Texas Association of Authors 2016 2nd Annual Short Story Competition Category: Non-Fiction Biography - Story Title: "A Diamond in the Rough"