S25 Ep22: Answering Community Questions with Dr. Nicole Bedera, Dr. Kathryn Holland & Dr. Jacqueline Cruz Part 2

*Content Warning: institutional betrayal, institutional trauma, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, campus violence, gender-based violence, psychological trauma, victim-blaming, discrimination, gender inequality, harassment, and hostile campus environments. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: 
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-Bedera, Nicole et al. “"I Could Never Tell My Parents": Barriers to Queer Women's College Sexual Assault Disclosure to Family Members.” Violence against women vol. 29,5 (2023): 800-816. doi:10.1177/10778012221101920 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35938472/

-Bedera, Nicole. (2021). Moaning and Eye Contact: Men’s Use of Ambiguous Signals in Attributions of Consent to Their Partners. Violence Against Women. 27. 3093-3113. 10.1177/1077801221992870 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349905933_Moaning_and_Eye_Contact_Men's_Use_of_Ambiguous_Signals_in_Attributions_of_Consent_to_Their_Partners

-Bedera, Nicole Krystine. On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence. University of California Press, 2024. https://www.nicolebedera.com/about-1

-Bedera, Nicole. (2022). The Illusion of Choice: Organizational Dependency and the Neutralization of University Sexual Assault Complaints. Law & Policy. 44. 10.1111/lapo.12194. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362058763_The_Illusion_of_Choice_Organizational_Dependency_and_the_Neutralization_of_University_Sexual_Assault_Complaints

-Cipriano, A. E., Holland, K. J., Bedera, N., Eagan, S. R., & Diede, A. S. (2022). Severe and pervasive? Consequences of sexual harassment for graduate students and their Title IX report outcomes. Feminist Criminology, 17(3), 343–367. https://doi.org/10.1177/15570851211062579

-Cruz, Jacqueline. (2021). The Constraints of Fear and Neutrality in Title IX Administrators’ Responses to Sexual Violence. The Journal of Higher Education, 92(3), 363–384. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2020.1809268

-Cruz, Jacqueline. “Gender Inequality in Higher Education: University Title IX Administrators’ Responses to Sexual Violence.” Google, New York University, 2020, scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=oHhHaTEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=oHhHaTEAAAAJ%3Ad1gkVwhDpl0C

-Holland, K. J., & Cortina, L. M. (2013).When sex-based harassment becomes sexual harassment: College students’ experiences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98(2), 313–328. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032040

-Holland, K. J., & Cortina, L. M. (2016). Sexual harassment: Undermining the well-being of working women. Journal of Social Issues, 72(4), 825–842. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12190

-Holland, K. J., Rabelo, V. C., & Cortina, L. M. (2014). Sex-based harassment and discrimination: Evidence of psychological harm. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 38(3), 368–382. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684314521575

- Holland, K. J. (2019). Culture, power, and gender-based violence in institutions. In C. B. Travis & J. W. White (Eds.), APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women (Vol. 2, pp. 253–271). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000059-014

- Holland, Kathryn J, and Rebecca L Howard Valdivia. “Title IX and Sexual Violence in Higher Education: A Mapping Review and Assessment of Policy Implementation and Effectiveness.” Journal of sex research, 1-19. 18 Feb. 2026, doi:10.1080/00224499.2026.2623649. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41705546/