Campus Action Against Sexual Assault

A practical guide to prevention of and response to sexual assault on college campuses, this invaluable resource will help ensure Title IX compliance-and can also help reduce the incidence of these all-too-prevalent events. The frequency of sexual assault on college campuses is startlingly high. Notwithstanding this fact, most campus officials are not trained in the psychology of the victimization process, while most students are not aware of their reporting options. A practical guide to sexual assault at colleges and universities, this book integrates theories and empirical research with information about legislation and techniques to help college administrators deal with-and prevent-these disturbing offenses. The work brings together a team of experts who discuss various types of assault, including rape, stalking, intimate partner violence, and sexual harassment, and detail the legal, educational, and federal responses to such events on college campuses. They address federal and state laws, including new bills being proposed in Congress, and present research on the physical and psychological dimensions of sexual assault. Perhaps most important, the book shows how human resource techniques and principles can be used to establish preventative measures and to respond appropriately when sexual assault does occur. Students' accounts of prevention training and education enhance the scholarly and legal contributions to this important-and timely-volume.

Michele A. Paludi, PhD, is the author/editor of 52 college textbooks and more than 200 scholarly articles and conference presentations on sexual harassment, campus violence, psychology of women, gender, and discrimination.

Series Foreword Michele A. Paludi Acknowledgments Introduction Michele A. Paludi PART I: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Understand the Rights of Those Impacted by Discrimination under Title IX Brett A. Sokolow 2. From Litigation to Mediation: Sexual Harassment Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century Phoebe Morgan 3. Campus Sexual Assault: Conceptualizing Vulnerable Groups in an Unfolding Legal Context Lynn Jones, Brooke de Heer, and Sarah Prior PART II: FACULTY VOICES 4. Lest We Forget, the Personal Continues to Be Political: Yik Yak and Other Unsafe Spaces, Necessary Dialogue in a Time of Silence Jennifer L. Martin and Martina L. Sharp-Grier 5. Sexual Assault in Principle and in Practice: One Philosopher's View Jennifer McErlean 6. What Campuses Must Do MaryLou D'Allegro 7. Teaching an Online Course on Sexual Harassment: A Course for Graduate and Undergraduate Students Susan Fineran 8. Protection against Sexual Harassment at the University of Zurich: A Glance at the Swiss Legal Framework and the University's Provisions Brigitte Tag and Pete Hirsch PART III: WHAT CAMPUSES MUST DO TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SEXUAL ASSAULT: LISTENING TO STUDENTS' RECOMMENDATIONS 9. How to Reduce Sexual Assaults and Sexual Abuse Jacqueline Bove 10. Education Is Key: Why a Sexual Assault Awareness Week Is Necessary Kaitlin Curl 11. Increasing Awareness as Prevention: The Importance of a Sexual Assault Awareness Week Amrita Mangar 12. Sexual Violence against Transgender College Students Abigail Hutton PART IV: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RESEARCH LABORATORY 13. When Does Sexual Coercion Become Rape? Common Misperceptions among Students and Implications for Prevention Avigail Moor 14. Ramifications of Title IX on Campus Sexual Assault Prevention and Treatment Protocol: Will Recent Changes Work to Protect College Students? Felicia L. Mirghassemi, Katherine Anne Scott, Paula K. Lundberg-Love, Holly Phelps, and Amy Lyons Burke 15. Trauma, Victimization, and Help Seeking among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Whitney Fujii-Doe and Kevin L. Nadal 16. Verbal Sexual Coercion in Young Adults' Heterosexual Dating Relationships Vanessa Tirone, Jennifer Katz, and Melanie Schukrafft 17. Protocol for the Standardization of Sexual Harassment Investigations: A Mediational Approach William T. O'Donohue, Adrian H. Bowers, and Gwendolyn C. Carlson 18. An Improved Model of Sexual Assault Prevention for College Campuses William T. O'Donohue, Andrew Lloyd, and Rory Newlands Appendices 1. Advocacy Resources on Campus Sexual Assault Michele A. Paludi 2. Resources for Prevention Michele A. Paludi and Elisabetta Gianni 3. University of Zurich Sexual Harassment Policy Brigitte Tag and Pete Hirsch Index About the Editor and Contributors