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Although precise figures are difficult to ascertain, surveys suggest that approximately 20%–25% of female-identified and 5%–10% of male-identified college students experience sexual assault, and 10% of all students experience psychological or physical abuse by an intimate partner. Among trans, nonbinary, and other gender-expansive students, rates are even higher.
With consequences that can include emotional distress, difficulty concentrating and focusing on academic work, mood changes, excessive substance use, and self-harming behaviors, it's clear that sexual assault and intimate partner violence are issues that require an emergent response.
Leveraging knowledge from psychiatry, college mental health, and higher education, Facing Campus Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence With Courage offers a holistic approach to preventing, addressing, and mitigating the effects of campus sexual and relationship violence.
This guide combines the latest science with real-world knowledge and practical application in four sections that examine:
• Prevention strategies from early childhood to middle and high school and on through the collegiate and graduate level, including how to establish a foundation for consensual, nonviolent relationships
• Systems of response and care, from institutional responses, including Title IX policy, to models of trauma-informed campus care
• Clinical interventions for survivors of campus sexual violence—with a special chapter focused on graduate students—as well as perpetrators
• Support for students from marginalized communities, including queer and gender-expansive students and students of color
The book also offers a frank assessment of the power imbalances and systems of oppression—White supremacy, racism, patriarchy, homophobia, and transphobia among them—that underpin sexual and relationship violence. In doing so, it provides a pathway for institutions of higher education and mental health professionals alike to dismantle these systems of institutionalized oppression that are all too common in higher education in the United States.
With clearly delineated sections and excellent end-of-chapter summaries, the chapters themselves are easy to read. The "key points" sections adequately summarize the contents of each chapter, highlighting the most salient takeaways and providing a reader's digest version that one could consume if too busy to read the entire chapter (though I would still recommend doing so as the discussion of these topics is intricate). This format is useful for a classroom audience as well, and the book would be a wonderful contribution to a graduate-level course in social work, counseling, or higher education administration, or within medical residency. The text continues to break down monoliths within the public discourse on sexual and relationship violence through its treatment of queer and trans perspectives and deep and meaningful connections to anti-oppressive frameworks. The authors explore the continued recognition of how intersectionality plays a role in upholding systems of oppression generally and how those systems of oppression underpin social tolerance of sexual and interpersonal violence specifically. I was particularly pleased to see specific work supporting survivors of color, who are often rendered (more) invisible through public discourse. This chapter was nuanced, strengths-based (using the community cultural wealth model), and specific in addressing the barriers experienced by various racially minoritized communities rather than treating people of color as a monolith, as some literature does. Overall, the intersectional nature of the text will support both clinical and nonclinical staff who are seeking to better support marginalized and minoritized survivors and deconstruct the social and institutional systems that perpetuate their disproportionate victimization on campuses.
— Matthew L. P. Ricke, PhDUniversity Ombuds, Colorado StateUniversity, Fort Collins, CO
Helen W. Wilson, Ph.D. (she/her) is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and was the founding director of the Stanford Confidential Support Team, a campus service devoted to supporting students affected by sexual and relationship violence. She is a clinical psychologist dedicated to addressing the lifespan effects of violence through clinical service, education, and research and to dismantling systems of oppression through this work.
Christina T. Khan, M.D., Ph.D. (she/her/ella) is a pediatric and adult psychiatrist and clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. She founded and directs THRIVE, the mental health division of Stanford's LGBTQ+ Health Program, which approaches wholistic wellness from a minority stress and anti-oppression framework. She currently serves as president of the Association of Women Psychiatrists and is committed to advancing gender equity across the life span.
Positioning the Authors
Introduction
Part I: Prevention
Chapter 1. It's Never Too Early, It's Never Too Late: Fostering Sexual Citizenship in Humans of All Ages
Chapter 2. Prevention in Primary Education: Effective School-Based Interventions for Middle and High School Students
Chapter 3. Prevention at the University Level: Effective Interventions for College and Graduate Students
Part II: Systems of Response and Care
Chapter 4. Navigating Through Institutional Responses Following Sexual Violence
Chapter 5. Trauma-Informed Campus Care
Part III: Clinical Intervention
Chapter 6. State of the Evidence for Treatment of Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault
Chapter 7. Unique Considerations for Graduate Students
Chapter 8. Effective Interventions for Perpetrators
Part IV: Embracing Student Differences and Cultural Wealth
Chapter 9. Queer Communities and Patriarchal Violence: Healing Through Interpersonal, Cultural, and Systemic Work
Chapter 10. Trans and Gender-Expansive Students' Experience: Rethinking Gender-Based Violence
Chapter 11. Centering the Cultural Wealth of Survivors of Color in Healing and Support
Chapter 12. Culturally Specific Approaches to Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Response
Chapter 13. Conclusion
Index