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"Trigger Warnings": Balancing challenging material with overwhelming students

Author

• • Susan Gere
  • Lesley University

Abstract

Students with trauma histories are requesting explicit alerts called "trigger warnings" that required course material may be upsetting to them. This workshop provides a conceptual discussion of what constitutes student trauma history; a summary of a qualitative research project with faculty who teach student trauma survivors; and practical suggestions for balancing healthy classroom culture with the demands of content. Relevant for all chairpersons.

Keywords: trigger warnings, social microcosm, student trauma history, classroom climate, innovative strategies

How to Cite: Gere, S. (2015) “"Trigger Warnings": Balancing challenging material with overwhelming students”, Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. 1(2015).