Date of Award
12-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication Studies
Committee Member
Dr. Stephanie M. Pangborn, Committee Chair
Committee Member
Dr. D. Travers Scott
Committee Member
Dr. Heidi M. Zinzow
Abstract
This creative Master's thesis project records a set of experiences of a graduate teaching assistant's engagement with student, faculty, and staff activists in sexual assault on a Southeastern university campus during the academic years of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. Using literature, interviews, dialogic engagement, and participant observation, I document, discuss, and analyze discursive norms and campus interventions, specifically in the context of campus rape culture. I outline my philosophical commitments, relate my experiences meeting with members of the university community, and offer my findings and reflections in a thematic report. The implications make a strong case for the importance of dialogic interventions as the preferred method to address assault, assert the need for collaboration among campus entities, and assess the nature of current models of campus activism.
Recommended Citation
Beach, Sarah, "Locker Room Talk: Dialogic Navigations of the Discursive Arena of Campus Sexual Assault" (2017). All Theses. 2804.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2804