ERIC Number: EJ1305880
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 25
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Effective Modalities for Healing from Campus Sexual Assault: Centering the Experiences of Women of Color Undergraduate Student Survivors
Harris, Jessica C.; Karunaratne, Nadeeka; Gutzwa, Justin A.
Harvard Educational Review, v91 n2 p248-272 Sum 2021
In this article, Jessica C. Harris, Nadeeka Karunaratne, and Justin A. Gutzwa examine the modalities Women of Color student survivors perceive as helpful in healing from campus sexual assault. Existing scholarship on healing from campus sexual assault largely relies on the reduction of psychological symptoms of trauma, an understanding that is often race-neutral and founded on the narratives of white women. Centering the experiences of 34 Women of Color undergraduate student survivors, this qualitative study reimagines healing through a race-conscious lens and positions it as a community-oriented and culturally contextual process that is often at odds with the ways US institutions of higher education aim to support survivors of sexual assault on their campuses. The authors' findings guide implications for how institutions and individuals can account for and support student survivors' multiple and intersecting identities in their healing journeys and also inform future research that centers minoritized students' experiences with sexual assault in postsecondary contexts.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Minority Group Students, Victims of Crime, Sexual Abuse, Coping, Trauma, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Cultural Relevance, Mental Health, Racial Bias, Urban Schools, Student Experience, Prevention, Resilience (Psychology), College Role, Student Needs, Sex Education, Educational Environment, Barriers, School Counseling, Peer Influence, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Costs, Interpersonal Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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