Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Angela DiNunzio Seguin <>]

Hi Everyone,

 

We have had some changes in Code of Conduct policies and in services for victims on campus over the last couple years, and we created a "frequently asked questions" website for students but also for faculty & staff who may be assisting a victim to provide all the info they may need about sexual assault.

 

We are trying to determine the best way to train or educate or make faculty aware of how to handle these situations.  We have found that with faculty there can be a wide range of comfort level, knowledge & skills around how to handle a sexual assault or intimate partner violence disclosure.  Yet faculty can sometimes be resistant to a suggestion that they attend a "training".  So we were wondering how your campuses inform the faculty, or even train them in how to respond to student disclosures of victimization?   Often faculty are the first persons to hear a student's disclosure, either in person as a reason for an absence or missed exam/assignment, or in paper & assignments that are turned in.  So faculty can play a very important role assisting survivors in getting to resources.  

 

Do you have any models, protocols, policies, online tools, or success stories about how you engaged faculty on your campus?

 

Thanks so much!

Angela

Angela DiNunzio Seguin
Project Director, UD-DSU VAWA Grant
Coordinator, Sexual Offense Support
Student Wellness & Health Promotion
University of Delaware
(302) 831-3457
http://www.udel.edu/studentwellness