This webinar presents preliminary findings from a secondary data analysis study using the Haven Online Campus Sexual Assault Prevention program data. The scope and scale of the data used in this study allow for the examination and generalization of findings across contexts and behaviors and may help identify student populations in greatest need of services and resources. In addition, prevalence estimates of campus sexual assault victimization and perpetration across gender, racial/ethnic, and sexual orientation sub-populations will be discussed, and trends in perceptions of campus norms and bystander behavior that can guide campus sexual assault prevention efforts.
Moderator: Dr. Sarah McMahon, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Research on Ending Violence, Rutgers School of Social Work
Presenters and Bios
Dr. Lisa Fedina is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Her research investigates the connections between different forms of violence across the lifespan (e.g., child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual assault) and health and mental health outcomes. She is particularly interested in social policy and structural factors that perpetuate violence and health inequalities and improve criminal justice and healthcare responses to gender-based violence.
Dr. Rich Tolman is a Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. His work focuses on the effectiveness of interventions designed to change violent and abusive behavior and the impact of violence on victims’ physical, psychological, and economic well-being. He began his work in this area as a practitioner working with men who batter in 1980.
Louise Ashwell, MSW, is a Research Assistant and Data Manager at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and a Project Manager at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
Learning Objectives
- Identify prevalence estimates of campus sexual assault victimization and perpetration across student sub-populations
- Understand the relationship between attitudes and perceptions of campus norms and reports of victimization and perpetration
- Identify research gaps and areas of further study needed to understand variation in victimization and perpetration on college campuses