Join our team this Denim Day in renewing (or trying on for the first time!) your belief that a different world is possible — one without sexual violence. To read more on Denim Day and change, check out my 2024 post, “When Wearing Jeans is Practice for Building a Better World Together.” And for more onContinue reading “Denim Day 2025”
Tag Archives: #SAAM
#SAAM Remix
Last week wrapped up Sexual Assault Awareness Month (#SAAM) for 2024. During SAAM, I shared images on social media that amplified themes from Every 90 Seconds about moving from individual awareness of the problem of sexual assault to collaborative action. With this remix, the images now appear together in the gallery below. Behind the scenes,Continue reading “#SAAM Remix”
What do Earth Day and Sexual Assault Awareness Month Have in Common?
Here we are on the final day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a week after Earth Day. I’ve been thinking about the many colorful flyers I’ve seen this past month (in real life and on social media), advertising seemingly separate events: One set celebrating Earth Day and another raising awareness about sexual assault, including for DenimContinue reading “What do Earth Day and Sexual Assault Awareness Month Have in Common?”
Where Research Meets Denim This April
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (#SAAM) comes around each April, offering a chance for us to transform increased attention to sexual assault into collaborative action for change. This year, the Traumatic Stress Studies Group is participating in #SAAM by getting the word out about sexual assault research on Prevalence (Week 1), Common Reactions to Disclosures (WeekContinue reading “Where Research Meets Denim This April”
3 Ways to Take Action to End Sexual Assault
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. August ushers in college orientations and sexual assault prevention programming. These cyclical events bring bursts of attention to sexual violence in its many forms. Increasing attention to and awareness of the scope of the problem of sexual assault is important for many reasons. For instance, talking openly about sexualContinue reading “3 Ways to Take Action to End Sexual Assault”
A Cover and Now a Countdown: Every 90 Seconds
Book writing is kind of lonely, I’ve learned. Until recently, my career as an academic trauma psychologist focused on writing with other people — students, colleagues, community partners — to publish journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. I understand the pace and process of that kind of writing. Trade book writing is different, though.Continue reading “A Cover and Now a Countdown: Every 90 Seconds”
Trauma Research Notes 