Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Paper
Paper: Theorizing from the literature
Abstract
Sexual violence is a major global health concern and sociocultural issue (World Health Organization, 2021), with around one-third of sexual assault survivors developing mental health issues (Carey et al., 2018). However, there is a dearth in research about sexual assault survivors in higher education. Therefore, this paper will explore how researchers can ethically empower sexual assault survivors through research processes in higher education. The questions guiding this study are: 1) What are the current strategies used by researchers to ethically empower sexual assault survivors in higher education? 2) How do researchers employ these strategies in practice?
Keywords
sexual assault, higher education, research practices, ethical research, empowerment
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Giffin, A., & Misawa, M. (2021). Practicing ethical research to empower sexual assault survivors in higher education: An international perspective. AERC [Paper] presented as a part of the Adult Education in Global Times Conference. University of British Columbia. Canada.
Practicing ethical research to empower sexual assault survivors in higher education: An international perspective
Sexual violence is a major global health concern and sociocultural issue (World Health Organization, 2021), with around one-third of sexual assault survivors developing mental health issues (Carey et al., 2018). However, there is a dearth in research about sexual assault survivors in higher education. Therefore, this paper will explore how researchers can ethically empower sexual assault survivors through research processes in higher education. The questions guiding this study are: 1) What are the current strategies used by researchers to ethically empower sexual assault survivors in higher education? 2) How do researchers employ these strategies in practice?
