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SA Voices From the FieldAbolitionist Perspectives on Sexual Violence in Higher Ed: Building Community and HealingIn the latest episode of Student Affairs Voices from the Field, host Dr. Jill Creighton sits down with Dr. Niah Grimes and Dr. Nadeeka Karunaratne, two of the three authors behind the ground-breaking new book, Thinking Like an Abolitionist to End Sexual Violence in Higher Education. This episode dives deep into not just the book, but the lived experiences, philosophies, and activism shaping how we address sexual violence on college campuses today. The conversation is rich, personal, and thought-provoking from the outset. Both Dr. Grimes and Dr. Karunaratne share their journeys into higher education and research, rooted...
2025-05-2949 min
Student Affairs NOWThinking Like an Abolitionist to End Sexual Violence in Higher EducationDrs. Chris Linder, Niah Grimes, & Nadeeka Karunaratne join to discuss their new book, Thinking Like an Abolitionist to End Sexual Violence in Higher Education. They discuss abolitionist thinking, oppressive systems, liberation approaches, abundance, social change as inner work, and transformation around community, hope, and love.
2024-11-2054 min
The New Consent NarrativeAn Abolitionist Approach to Ending Sexual ViolenceIn this episode, host Jilly Mcbane talks with three scholars—Chris Linder, Nadeeka Karunaratne, and Niah Grimes—about how abolitionist practices can end sexual violence in higher education, once and for all. Together, they dismantle the idea that policing and punishment are the appropriate solutions for ending sexual violence. Instead, they envision a world where violence ceases to exist and invite listeners to do the same. Throughout the discussion, they reference Linder, Karunaratne, and Grimes’s new book “Thinking Like an Abolitionist to End Sexual Violence in Higher Education,” as well as crediting other scholars and dreamers in the field. Thi...
2024-11-0738 min