UNAS7001 · University and Capstone

Responding to Campus Sexual Assault

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

Available to all Boston College graduate students.. According to current statistics, there is likely at least one survivor of sexual assault in any college classroom. Understanding that faculty members are a crucial and largely untapped resource in addressing this reality, RCSA provides future faculty in all disciplines with skills and resources to effectively respond to campus sexual assault wherever they are teaching. With content pertinent to all disciplines and a hands-on methodology, the seminar honors the potential and limits of faculty intervention in this context. Participants will acquire (1) awareness of common symptoms of survivorship and how those symptoms can relate to education, (2) tools to identify students who may need extra support without infringing on privacy, and (3) greater confidence in responsible and compassionate response to student disclosures, within the parameters of legal requirements. The program will enrich participants' professional background as well as provide them with unique training of interest to potential employers.