This week's convocation takes a critical look at identifying and interrupting the ways culture and the media sanction sexual violence. Created and presented by Dr. Stern, the presentation includes research from both civilian and military environments and considers the steps necessary to meaningfully address the impact of rape culture on our communities.


 

More about Dr. Stern, from her homepage at Catharsis Productions:

"Dr. Gail Stern is the co-founder of Catharsis Productions, co-author of the non-stranger rape prevention program Sex Signals, and author of the programs, Beat the Blame Game, and Teaching Rape as a Moral Issue. She has been a SME for the White House and each branch of the Armed Forces on issues related to sexual violence prevention.

A large part of Dr. Stern’s expertise strays from traditional prevention education. She began performing stand-up and improvisational comedy at the age of fifteen, and continued performing throughout her college and professional career. In the early 90s, she was asked to utilize this skill when training over 800 Chicago Police sergeants on “cultural sensitivity.” She discovered quickly that the strategic use of humor enabled her to connect with her audience, not only in building rapport, but also in enabling them to hear challenging information. This experience fueled the rest of her academic career, and she focused her studies and research on using humor to reduce emotional and cognitive resistance to challenging issues. " 

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Check out these related titles, currently on display near circulation:

Cover Art The Crisis of Campus Sexual Violence by Sara Carrigan Wooten (Editor); Roland W. Mitchell (Editor)
Call Number: 371.782 C932 2016 - Circulating (3rd Floor)
Publication Date: 2015
Although awareness of campus sexual assault is at a historic high, institutional responses to incidents of sexual violence remain widely varied. The Crisis of Campus Sexual Violence provides higher education scholars, administrators, and practitioners with a necessary and more holistic understanding of the challenges that colleges and universities face in implementing adequate and effective sexual assault prevention and response practices. In this volume, a diverse mix of expert contributors provide a critical, nuanced, and timely examination of some of the factors that inhibit effective prevention and response in higher education. Chapter authors take on one of the most troubling aspects of higher education today, bridging theory and practice to offer programmatic interventions and solutions to help institutions address their own competing interests and institutional culture to improve their practices and policies with regard to sexual violence.
 
Cover Art Sexual Harassment on College Campuses by Michele A. Paludi (Editor)
Call Number: 370.193 S5187 - Circulating (3rd Floor)
Publication Date: 1996
An updated and expanded revision of the first edition, which received the Gustavus Myers Center Award for an outstanding book on Human Rights in the United States. Intended for administrators and faculty, it is also a resource book for individuals wanting to make changes in their campus' policy and procedures with regard to sexual harassment.
 
 
Cover Art Sexual Assault on the College Campus by Martin D. Schwartz; Walter S. DeKeseredy
Call Number: 362.8808 S399s - Circulating (3rd Floor)
Publication Date: 1997
For many students, coeducational college campus life is marred by traumatic experiences of sexual assault. While there are many social determinants of rape and attempted rape, this work examines the pivotal role of male peer support in legitimizing the sexual assault of women. The authors use extensive prior studies together with their own investigations, including a national representative study and local campus victimization surveys carried out in the United States and Canada.