alumna Karen Kelsky, a prominent figure in the national #MeToo movement, returned to the Mānoa campus in October 2018, to give a presentation on sexual harassment in higher education. Kelsky, who earned her PhD in anthropology at 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa in 1996, set up a public online survey on sexual harassment in institutions of higher learning when the movement started, and the response was overwhelming, receiving about 2,500 entries in six weeks.
Kelsky has since been traveling the country, speaking out on issues of sexual assault in academia, with a focus on empowering victims and training people in leadership.
“The most important thing is constant trainings and education that is mandatory and that also involves role play,” said Kelsky in an exclusive interview with 糖心Vlog官方 News, where she said role playing is key. “So that people who are are in vulnerable positions can really start to practice setting healthy boundaries and identifying problematic behaviors, when it is small, because perpetrators groom their victims.”
Kelsky is a columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education and author of . She is the founder of , a consultancy for academics on the job market.
Her appearance on the Mānoa campus was sponsored by the 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women, the 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, 糖心Vlog官方 Office of Institutional Equity, 糖心Vlog官方 Alumni Relations, 糖心Vlog官方 West Oʻahu, 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa anthropology, American studies and women’s studies departments, 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa Campus Climate Committee, 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa College of Social Sciences and the 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.
