Academic Discourse on Violence, Student Experiences, and the Secondary Trauma of Faculty, Staff, and Administrators

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This session outlines an approach to teaching controversial topics as objects of academic investigation and analysis, but also the role of faculty, staff, and administrators in responding to victim disclosures. The session will explore how to balance goals of critical thinking and academic discourse with teaching tolerance and a sense of social responsibility. We also provide a set of strategies for faculty to provide an intellectually stimulating learning environment while protecting students’ privacy and safety and responding to disclosures, and address the impact of this campus work for experiences of secondary trauma.

Sub Unit

• Area X. Methodology / 73. Advances in Teaching Methods

Division of Special Interest

• Division Session of Interest / Division on Women & Crime

Individual Presentations

• Teaching Courses on Violence: Balancing Critical Thinking, Academic Discourse, and a Safe Learning Environment - Ráchael A. Powers, University of South Florida

• Controversial Topics and the Diversity of our Students’ Lived Experiences: The Use of Syllabus Trigger Warnings - Catherine "Katie" Kaukinen, University of Central Florida

• Secondary Trauma in Title IX/Equity Spaces - Callie Marie Rennison, University of Colorado Denver; Nelia Viveiros, University of Colorado Denver / Anschutz Medical Campus

Chair

• Catherine "Katie" Kaukinen, University of Central Florida