by Lucy Berrington
By Jennifer Schnellman, PhD, and Lucy Berrington, MS As exams approach, students may look for ways to help them stay alert for extra study. Those methods may include prescription stimulants and other medications that they believe could sharpen their thinking or...
by Lucy Berrington
By Joseph Fischel, PhD, associate professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University It is undeniable that disability-specific statutes (in sex law) and codes (in university sexual misconduct policy) risk quashing intimate and sexual possibilities to...
by Lucy Berrington
By Lucy Berrington, MS Students with disabilities are at heightened risk of sexual assault and abuse, and are less able to access support services and legal justice, research shows. The same is true of students with emotional health conditions, although they may not...
by Lucy Berrington
By Diana Whelan, Assistant Editor, Student Health 101 Are LGBTQ college students at higher risk of sexual assault and coercion than the general student population? For many, the answer appears to be yes. What can communities, colleges, and individuals do to prevent...
by Lucy Berrington
By Lucy Berrington, MS Diversity awareness has increased on college campuses, yet many students of color routinely experience interactions and incidents that make them feel unwelcome. This potentially harms their academic prospects, according to a 2014 study by...
by Lucy Berrington
By Hana Awwad [Editor’s note: In our conservative edition, this feature was framed as self-empowerment; in our other editions, it was about sexual empowerment. This blog post addresses sexual empowerment directly; nevertheless, its concepts can be broadly...
