Session: Addressing Disparities in University Sexual Violence: Student-Driven Solutions for Healing and Equity (Society for Social Work and Research 27th Annual Conference - Social Work Science and Complex Problems: Battling Inequities + Building Solutions)
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282 Addressing Disparities in University Sexual Violence: Student-Driven Solutions for Healing and Equity

Schedule:
Sunday, January 15, 2023: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Paradise Valley, 2nd Level (Sheraton Phoenix Downtown)
Cluster: Violence against Women and Children
Symposium Organizer:
Stephanie Kathan, MSSW, University of California, Los Angeles
Sexual violence and sexual harassment (SVSH) in higher education disproportionately impacts women and LGBTQ+ students, while students of color face more severe consequences as a result of experiencing SVSH (Klein & Martin, 2021). Scholarship on SVSH in higher education has increased substantially over the past decades, yet most literature focuses on cisgender heterosexual white women (Harris & Linder, 2017). Although SVSH has been covered by Title IX for over 40 years, SVSH continues to be an issue for higher education students; 37-56% of higher education students experience unwanted sexual harrassment (Klein et al., 2021). Examining the variety of inequities associated with SVSH, SVSH prevention, and assisting student survivors of SVSH are critical student safety and wellbeing. Yet studies consistently neglect to analyze student survivors’ experience by key demographics, including race and gender (Linder et al., 2020). Meanwhile, international students are largely ignored in the literature on campus-based SVSH. The community and student-led collective organization University of California Survivors and Allies (UCS+A) advocates for, and with, survivors of sexual violence in the UC system. In response to a lack of data, UCS+A members began collaborating with students, faculty, and staff across five UC campuses to develop a survey focusing on students’ awareness, utilization, and evaluation of on- and off-campus resources for survivors in 2020. From May through November 2021, UCS+A distributed a 20-minute online survey to organizations and departments on the 10 UC campuses. The survey was majority quantitative, with several open-ended responses. Respondents were entered into a raffle for 50 $25 gift cards to compensate for their participation. The sample consists of 1,223 undergraduate (52%) and graduate (48%) students from all 10 UCs. 42% of the sample identified as LGBQ+, 59% as students of color, and 17% as international students. 41% identified as survivors of SVSH. Data included in the UCS+A survey includes students’ awareness of campus-based resources for SVSH, Title IX training, and survivors’ evaluation of campus-based resources they accessed including Title IX and UCPD. The novel survey asked students about both on-campus and off-campus resources and people they utilized for healing, allowing for a more holistic and survivor-centered analysis. Most presentations within this symposium will examine results from the UCS+A survey. Two presentations will include data from other research projects that examine SVSH experienced by higher education students: Double Jeopardy, which assess the interaction of SVSH, anti-Asian racism, and Xenophobia experienced by Asian students in UCs, and UC Speaks Up, a multi-campus study that assessed SVSH prevention and campus climate at UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. We will advocate for the needs of various student groups, including LGBTQ+, international, and students of color, and identify policy changes to support student survivors of SVSH. Research presented in the symposium is critically important to national-level organizing and advocacy efforts around SVSH in higher education. These presentations will inform attendees on issues related to SVSH inequities in higher education and how to complete similar community-based research projects and advocate with student survivors of SVSH.
* noted as presenting author
Comparing Perceived Title IX Training Effectiveness to Knowledge of UC Campus Resources
Stephanie Kathan, MSSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Marisa Imbroane, University of California, Los Angeles; Sara Wilf, MPA, University of California, Los Angeles; Laura Liévano-Karim, MPP, UCLA; Jianchao Lai, MSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Ariana Schieferle, University of California, Los Angeles; Kalani Phillips, MPH, CPH, University of California, Irvine; Joanne Probert, MSN, University of California, San Francisco
Examining Differences in Undergraduate and Graduate Student Survivor Resource-Seeking Experiences
Sara Wilf, MPA, University of California, Los Angeles; Laura Knittig, BS, Sam Houston State University; Selene Betancourt, BA, University of California, Los Angeles; Laura Liévano-Karim, MPP, UCLA; Stephanie Kathan, MSSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Jianchao Lai, MSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Ariana Schieferle, University of California, Los Angeles; Kalani Phillips, MPH, CPH, University of California, Irvine; Joanne Probert, MSN, University of California, San Francisco
The Challenge of Diverse Campuses: An Examination of Asian and Latinx Students' Knowledge and Utilization of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Resources
Jianchao Lai, MSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Laura Liévano-Karim, MPP, UCLA; Eunhee Park, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles; Marisa Imbroane, University of California, Los Angeles; Sara Wilf, MPA, University of California, Los Angeles; Ariana Schieferle, University of California, Los Angeles; Kalani Phillips, MPH, CPH, University of California, Irvine; Joanne Probert, MSN, University of California, San Francisco; Sean Sugai, University of California, Los Angeles; Stephanie Kathan, MSSW, University of California, Los Angeles
International Students' Awareness and Utilization of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on- and Off-Campus Resources
Laura Liévano-Karim, MPP, UCLA; Jianchao Lai, MSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Sara Wilf, MPA, University of California, Los Angeles; Stephanie Kathan, MSSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Ariana Schieferle, University of California, Los Angeles; Kalani Phillips, MPH, CPH, University of California, Irvine; Joanne Probert, MSN, University of California, San Francisco
Students' Perceptions of the Interplay between Sexual Violence and Alcohol Consumption at a Large Public University in Los Angeles, California
Claire Amabile, University of California, Los Angeles; Stephanie Kathan, MSSW, University of California, Los Angeles; Jennifer Wagman, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
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