Roundtable: Future Directions & Praxis of Vicarious Traumatization Within Research

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

Researchers’ mental health in the field is a growing topic of discussion, from the individual (researcher) level, all the way to the highest levels of university education policy makers. Yet, the availability and intensity of support varies a lot within and between universities and countries. We agree that taking care of researchers’ mental health in the field is as important as all other ethical considerations of conducting research. However, it remains unclear what support looks like in terms of prevention, monitoring, and healing from vicarious traumatization. Building on roundtables at ASC over the last two years, in this roundtable, we focus on topics such as lessons learned from developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions for workplace trauma in rural and tribal settings, best practices in holding spaces for marginalized communities and survivors of gender violence, and many more. Researchers and practitioners are invited to share their experience, the tools they use, and the policies they have created to take care of researchers’ mental health in the field.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chairs

• Michelle Lyttle Storrod, Widener University

• Ellen Van Damme, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Discussants

• Meghna Bhat, Independent Scholar & Consultant

• Michele Burman, University of Glasgow

• Kelly Knight, Montana State University

• Colter Ellis, Montana State University

• Molly Dragiewicz, Griffith University