Unlikely Allies in Preventing Sexual Misconduct: Student Led Prevention Efforts in a Technical Communication Classroom

Document Type

Article

Author ORCID Identifier

Avery C. Edenfield https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-2204

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Communication Design Quarterly Review

Volume

9

Issue

4

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Publication Date

1-19-2022

First Page

4

Last Page

12

Abstract

Students’ participation in relevant service learning can have a unique impact on their institution of higher education, if provided the opportunity. This article explores student-designed sexual misconduct prevention efforts taking place in an undergraduate project management course at one institution of higher education. We found that involving students in particular kinds of campus communication design and implementation simultaneously improved those efforts and offered students the opportunity to participate in impactful civic projects. In our article, we first examine the most common approach to sexual misconduct prevention, while considering its limitations. We then introduce a nontraditional collaboration—technical communication student involvement within prevention work—which resulted in new efforts. Finally, we illustrate how instructors can integrate similar collaborations.

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