Date correction: This event was formerly listed as being on April 18. It is on April 28.

Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life, and what can be done to prevent it? Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study to date of sexual assault on a campus, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault’s social roots, based on the powerful concepts of “sexual projects,” “sexual citizenship,” and “sexual geographies.” Empathic, insightful, and far-ranging, Sexual Citizens transforms our understanding of sexual assault and offers a roadmap for how to address it.

USC undergraduate students, faculty, undergraduate advisors and student service professionals, clinicians and graduate students developing work with young adult populations, administrative planners and policymakers who shape the undergraduate experience, and all members of the university community are invited to this important conversation.

Note: this presentation will contain descriptions of sexual assault; attendees are welcome to take breaks as needed, and confidential advocates and therapists from Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention and Services will be on-site for assistance.