Call For Participants

Call for Participants

Speaking Into Silence:
Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Higher Education*

My name is Kamaria Porter and I am a Black woman doctoral student studying higher education at the University of Michigan. I am conducting a research study about Black women’s experience with deciding whether to report unwanted sex and harassment in higher education.  Participants will receive a $30 Amazon, Starbucks, Target e-gift card.**

If you are interested, please fill out this survey: signupsis

I am looking for people who meet the following criteria:

  • Identify as a woman including cisgender women, trans women, non-binary individuals who are perceived as female. (any and all sexual orientations welcome!)
  • Currently or recently (within 3 yrs) enrolled in college or graduate school
  • Identify your racial identity as Black, African American, or Black Multiracial.
  • Experienced unwanted sex or harassment during college or graduate school at an HBCU or PWI.
  • Participants from Washington D.C. HBCUs or PWIs encouraged. 

Participation in this study includes:

  • 1 Interview through video conferencing
  • Interview will be recorded.
  • You will choose a pseudonym to protect your anonymity .
  • Participants will receive a $30 gift card after the initial interview.**
  • Follow up interviews are optional.

If you are interested, please fill out this survey: signupsis

If you have any questions, please email me Speakingin2Silence@gmail.com

*The University of Michigan Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board has determined that this research is exempt from IRB oversight.

** Incentive changed to $30 to accommodate more participants and follow up incentives.