Diversity

If no one ever teaches women of color how to talk about sexual violence, how will we ever cultivate our voices, Manya Whitaker asks -- whether as survivors, bystanders, friends or advocates?

We must stop holding unrealistic standards of beauty, writes Jeannine A. Gailey, and work to reduce the harm and discrimination experienced by women of size.

I want to encourage my students to engage in respectful dialogue with me and one another on the issues we face -- not with a forced or feigned sense of neutrality, writes Katie L. Acosta.

Salvador Vidal-Ortiz describes his rage about “diversity work” on many campuses.

As institutions fail to meet the needs of minoritized and traumatized students, the faculty members who work to fill the gaps should be acknowledged, argues Julie Shayne.

A. W. Strouse, whose students represent a planet’s worth of distinct backgrounds, offers guidance on how to encourage them to speak up in their own way.

Efforts to address sexual assault should focus on the most marginalized communities and consider how multiple forms of oppression intersect with sexism, argues Nadeeka Karunaratne.

Jackson Wright Shultz provides suggestions on how to support LGBTQI students who disclose experiences of sexual or intimate partner violence.