This session will be offered virtually and is intended for SPH Staff & Faculty Members. Session Description: Part research presentation, part embodied case study, and part community conversation, Moving the Needle: Shifting the Conversation around Sexual Harassment challenges participants to expand their understanding of what sexual harassment is, how it impacts individuals and communities, and what makes an environment ripe for its presence. Using the NASEM consensus study report as both grounding and springboard, this session eschews a "tips and tricks" workshop model, instead pointing attendees toward the ongoing reflective practices that individuals and communities will need to commit to in order to address the culturally embedded problem of sexual harassment.
The embodied case studies in this session contain strong language and detailed descriptions of sexual harassment. In this session, participants will:
- Define and identify sexually harassing behaviors.
- Reflect on sexual harassment as a social problem that intersects with other social problems like heterosexism, transphobia, and racism.
- Describe sexual harassment's differential impact on individuals and communities.
- Acknowledge failure points in current institutional approaches to addressing sexual harassment.
- Brainstorm what would need to be different in their unit for it to actually be resistant to sexual harassment.
Moving the Needle: Shifting the Conversation around Sexual Harassment (Faculty & Staff Session)
Presented by U-M Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)
November 1, 2022
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Online in Zoom
Sponsored by: SPH Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Leadership team & U-M Spectrum Center
Contact Information: Mateen Zafer; mzafer@umich.edu
Counts towards DEI continuing professional education
This session will be offered virtually and is intended for SPH Staff & Faculty Members. Session Description: Part research presentation, part embodied case study, and part community conversation, Moving the Needle: Shifting the Conversation around Sexual Harassment challenges participants to expand their understanding of what sexual harassment is, how it impacts individuals and communities, and what makes an environment ripe for its presence. Using the NASEM consensus study report as both grounding and springboard, this session eschews a "tips and tricks" workshop model, instead pointing attendees toward the ongoing reflective practices that individuals and communities will need to commit to in order to address the culturally embedded problem of sexual harassment.
The embodied case studies in this session contain strong language and detailed descriptions of sexual harassment. In this session, participants will:
- Define and identify sexually harassing behaviors.
- Reflect on sexual harassment as a social problem that intersects with other social problems like heterosexism, transphobia, and racism.
- Describe sexual harassment's differential impact on individuals and communities.
- Acknowledge failure points in current institutional approaches to addressing sexual harassment.
- Brainstorm what would need to be different in their unit for it to actually be resistant to sexual harassment.