Speaking Into Silence: Intersections of Identity, Legality, and the Decision to Report Sexual Violence on Campus, aims to understand what factors influence Black women’s decisions to report sexual violence to their university. Grounded in Black Feminist Thought and socio-legal studies, the conceptual framework demonstrates how perceptions of the law and availability of resources to prevail in court are shaped by intersecting systems of oppression and privilege, especially race and gender. Using trauma-informed narrative inquiry, Porter elicits interview and visual narratives from survivors to examine how their intersecting identities, narratives of the law and Title IX, and the campus context influenced their decision to report or not.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Porter, K. B. Posselt, J. R., Reyes, K. A., Slay, K. E., & Kamimura, A. (2018). Burdens and benefits of diversity work: Emotion management in STEM doctoral students. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 9(2), 127-143.
Posselt, J.R., Porter, K.B., & Kamimura, A. P. (2018). Organizational pathways to gender equity: chemistry and civil engineering compared. American Journal of Education, 124(4), 383-410.
Turner Kelly, B., McCann, K., & Porter, K. B. (2018) White women faculty’s socialization: Persisting within and against a gendered tenure system. Review of Higher Education 41(4), 523-547
Posselt, J. R., Reyes, K. A., Slay, K. E., Kamimura, A., & Porter, K. B. (2017). Equity efforts as boundary work: How symbolic and social boundaries shape access and inclusion in graduate education. Teachers College Record, 119(10), 1-38.
Gayles, J. G., Turner Kelly, B., Grays, S., Zhang, J., Porter, K. B. (2015). Faculty teaching diversity through difficult dialogues: Stories of challenges and success. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 52(3), 300-312.
