Jonathan Fast
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Jonathan Fast | |
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| Born | April 13, 1948 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Columbia University (MSW) Yeshiva University (PhD) |
| Spouse(s) |
Barbara Fast |
| Children | 3, including Molly |
| Relatives | Howard Fast (father) |
Jonathan Fast (born April 13, 1948) is an American author and social work teacher.
Life and career
Fast was born in New York City. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. He has a daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, from his first marriage to author Erica Jong,[1] and two sons from his marriage to Barbara Fast, a Unitarian minister.
Fast's nonfiction book, Ceremonial Violence: A Psychological Explanation of School Shootings (2008), analyzes five school shootings from a psychological perspective: Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego), the Columbine High School shooting, the shootings at Simon's Rock College, the Bethel Regional High School shooting, and the Pearl High School shooting.[2]
As of 2017[update], Fast is an associate professor of social work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University.[3]
His father, Howard Fast (1914–2003), was the author of many best-selling novels, including Spartacus (1951), which became the basis for the 1960 film of the same name.
Publications
- Science fiction
- The Secrets of Synchronicity (1977)
- Mortal Gods (1978)
- The Inner Circle (1979)
- "Prisoner of the Planets" (1980)
- The Beast (1981)
- Other fiction
- The Golden Fire (1986)
- The Jade Stalk (1988)
- Stolen Time (1990)
- Adaptations
- Newsies (1992)
- Non-fiction
- Ceremonial Violence: a psychological explanation of school shootings (2008). ISBN 1-59-020047-0
- Beyond bullying : breaking the cycle of shame, bullying, and violence (2015). ISBN 0-19-938364-2
References
- ^ Jong-Fast, Molly. "My Mother's Daughter". NYBooks.com. New York Review of Books. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ Jonathan Fast (4 September 2008). Ceremonial Violence: A Psychological Explanation of School Shootings (First ed.). The Overlook Press. ISBN 9781590200476. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Wurzweiler Professor Jonathan Fast on Bullying and Shame | Wurzweiler School of Social Work". blogs.yu.edu. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Yeshiva University faculty
- 20th-century American novelists
- Writers from New York City
- Writers from Rhode Island
- Writers from Greenwich, Connecticut
- People from Westerly, Rhode Island
- Jewish American novelists
- American science fiction writers
- American male novelists
- Columbia University School of Social Work alumni
- Princeton University alumni
- Yeshiva University alumni
- 20th-century American male writers
- Novelists from New York (state)
- Novelists from Connecticut
- 21st-century American Jews