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Student Counseling and Personnel Services

Eastern Illinois University

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2015

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“Everyone Is Doing It”: When Did Teenage Peer Sexual Harassment Become “Normal”?, Kathleen Phillips, Misty Rhoads, Lauri Deruiter-Willems, Shelia Simons, Richard Cavanaugh, Katrina Werner Oct 2015

“Everyone Is Doing It”: When Did Teenage Peer Sexual Harassment Become “Normal”?, Kathleen Phillips, Misty Rhoads, Lauri Deruiter-Willems, Shelia Simons, Richard Cavanaugh, Katrina Werner

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

A disturbing trend involves the ambivalence of students towards actions and behaviors of sexual harassment that they consider “normal”. This poster explores perceptions among teens concerning acceptance of peer-peer sexually implicit actions and behaviors.


Creating Networks That Facilitate Successful Transitions To The Second Year For African American Students At A Pwi: Implications For Residence Life, Dena Kniess, Pamela Havice, Tony Cawthon Jan 2015

Creating Networks That Facilitate Successful Transitions To The Second Year For African American Students At A Pwi: Implications For Residence Life, Dena Kniess, Pamela Havice, Tony Cawthon

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

THE EXPERIENCE OF SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS has beenthe focus of many studies that have identified the broadconcerns of the second-year experience, but limitedattention has been given to how the experience differs forAfrican American students. This study attempts to fill thatgap. The research described here was part of a larger studyexamining the overall second-year experience for AfricanAmerican students. Utilizing Yosso’s community of culturalwealth model, we examined the transition experiencesof 11 African American students in their second year at apredominantly White institution (PWI) in the southeasternregion of the United States and here address the findingsrelevant to residence life professionals.