Thesiss

This autoethnographic dissertation is written from my personal experience as a trauma survivor of sexual violence in an academic environment. Herein, I will share my healing journey through traditional and radical healing modalities and how it took me to get to where I am today.…

Through womanist theory and quantitative discourse analysis, this dissertation examines the portrayal of Black female characters in three dramatic works written by marginalized authors during the “Me Too” era (2006–present) and anchored in pivotal moments in American history: Sa…

In the U.S., 44% of women and 23% of men experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime (Breiding et al., 2014). Psychological research on the perpetuation of rape culture typically overlooks the influence of neoliberal ideology. The purpose of this study was to inves…