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Trigger WarningsCOE DIVERSITY COMMITTEEWHAT’S TRENDING? PROGRAMMODERATED BY DR. PEGGY DELMAS & DR. BENTERAH C. MORTONOCT. 11, 2016
What is a trigger warning? “alerts professors are expected to issue if something in a
course might cause a strong emotional response” (Lukianoff & Haidt, 2015).
Content that might “trigger” a recurrence of a past trauma.
Originated with websites where the hosts would alert visitors to potentially troubling or graphic content.
Trigger warnings in the news http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/403879/how-america-rea
cted-to-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/
Trigger warnings in the news
"Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called trigger warnings, we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial and we do not condone the creation of intellectual safe spaces where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own.“ – John Ellison, Dean of Students
Trigger warnings in the news
Trigger warnings in the news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu3cQcA647A
Trigger warnings on social media
The politically correct nature of trigger warnings also mean that they are ‘fodder for jokes.’ (Marcotte, 2013)
Ethical consideration of trigger warnings (Wyatt, 2016)
“Because of the ethical complexity involved with trigger warnings, the robust debate around is deserved.”
“What has been lost in the debate, however, is a sense of reasonableness.” Three considerations:
Content Journalist James Foley instructor intuition follow students’ lead
Context What is the course? Who are the students? What is the structure?
Mutual obligations Student/instructor relationship Role of the university
References & Resources
American Association of University Professors (n.d.). On trigger warnings. Retrieved from https://www.aaup.org/report/trigger-warnings
Flaherty, C. (2016, October 4). Pushing trigger warnings. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/10/04/american-university-student-government-launches-campaign-mandatory-trigger-warnings
Haidt, J., & Lukianoff, G. (2015, September). The coddling of the American mind. Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
Jaschik, S. (2016, August 25). U Chicago to freshmen: Don’t expect safe spaces. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/25/u-chicago-warns-incoming-students-not-expect-safe-spaces-or-trigger-warnings
References & Resources Jaschik, S. (2016, September 14). Chicago professors fire back. Inside
Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/09/14/u-chicago-professors-issue-letter-safe-spaces-and-trigger-warnings
Manne, K. (2015, September 19). Why I use trigger warnings. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.bu.edu/fafc/files/2015/10/Why-I-Use-Trigger-Warnings-The-New-York-Times.pdf
Marcotte, A. (2013, December 30. The year of the trigger warning. Slate Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/12/30/trigger_warnings_from_the_feminist_blogosphere_to_shonda_rhimes_in_2013.html
Trigger warning (n.d.). In Oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/trigger_warning
Wyatt, W. (2016). The ethics of trigger warnings. Teaching Ethics, 16(1), pp. 17-35. doi: 10.5840/tej201632427