Location
Moakley Auditorium
Start Time
13-5-2015 9:00 AM
End Time
13-5-2015 10:00 AM
Description
Faculty perspective on university sexual victimization is critical in ensuring a robust, sustainable, and multilayered response. This plenary-round table seeks to continue dialogue about the important and unique role that faculty play in addressing this complex issue, initiated formally in the fall of 2014 via the Presidential Task Force on Sexual Assault, following a series of incidences on campus. Richard Wright will discuss his study, “The Prevalence and Dynamics of Unwanted Sexual Experiences Amongst BSU Students: What We Know And What We Don't Know.” Sharon Goyette will examine “Entrenched Cultural Norms and Inequities: Impacts on Women.” Maura Rosenthal will explore “The Faculty as Mandated Reporters of Sexual Violence: What Is Our Role?” Diana Fox will outline “Insights from the American Association of University Women's (AAUW) Recommendations for Faculty Responses to Sexual Violence on Campus.” The need for this conversation is heightened by significant ambiguity around faculty roles: Massachusetts laws and the dictates from the District Attorney's office are unclear. Moreover, as faculty, we are presented with many complex and sensitive situations regarding our students, and it is critical that we think through the nature of our responses. We will share our own work and thought processes on sexual assault prevention as faculty and members of this community, encouraging participant reflection and contributions.
Plenary 1: Faculty Perspectives and Insights into Campus Sexual Violence
Moakley Auditorium
Faculty perspective on university sexual victimization is critical in ensuring a robust, sustainable, and multilayered response. This plenary-round table seeks to continue dialogue about the important and unique role that faculty play in addressing this complex issue, initiated formally in the fall of 2014 via the Presidential Task Force on Sexual Assault, following a series of incidences on campus. Richard Wright will discuss his study, “The Prevalence and Dynamics of Unwanted Sexual Experiences Amongst BSU Students: What We Know And What We Don't Know.” Sharon Goyette will examine “Entrenched Cultural Norms and Inequities: Impacts on Women.” Maura Rosenthal will explore “The Faculty as Mandated Reporters of Sexual Violence: What Is Our Role?” Diana Fox will outline “Insights from the American Association of University Women's (AAUW) Recommendations for Faculty Responses to Sexual Violence on Campus.” The need for this conversation is heightened by significant ambiguity around faculty roles: Massachusetts laws and the dictates from the District Attorney's office are unclear. Moreover, as faculty, we are presented with many complex and sensitive situations regarding our students, and it is critical that we think through the nature of our responses. We will share our own work and thought processes on sexual assault prevention as faculty and members of this community, encouraging participant reflection and contributions.
Comments
Moderator: Martina Arndt