Diversity

Tara Dorje examines how the power dynamics between faculty members and grad students make it especially difficult to deal effectively with sexual assault and harassment.

What should a faculty member do, a former victim asks, when at the mercy of a student who has no regard for boundaries or authority and doesn’t understand that no means no?

An anonymous writer examines how to make higher education, in particular graduate education, more supportive for sexual assault survivors.

Sarah Prior and Brooke de Heer, who teach and research about campus sexual assault, say they're more cognizant of the issues as mothers raising daughters.

Terri E. Givens, now a provost, considers the twists and turns of her career, wondering how much her outward success reflects her unseen struggles as a black woman in academe.

A professor struggles to react after reading a paper that sounds hauntingly like what the person who sexually assaulted her would say.

Learning to navigate safe relationships and thinking critically about sexual experiences is a hallmark of the college period, writes Maggie Hardy.

Marina N. Rosenthal describes three actions she takes when she is feeling bewildered, despondent or incapacitated by a student’s disclosure of sexual violence.