Trigger Warnings (eBook)

Emily J. M. Knox is assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Her research interests include information access, intellectual freedom and censorship, information ethics, information policy, and the intersection of print culture and reading practices. Knox’s book Book Banning in 21st-Century America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) is the first monograph in the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series.

Introduction. On Trigger WarningsEmily J.M. KnoxPart I: History and TheoryChapter 1. Like Trapdoors: A History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Trigger WarningSarah ColbertChapter 2. Accessibility on Campus: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Duty to Accommodate, and Trigger WarningsHolly TaylorChapter 3. Contagious Speech: Mediating the Eating Disorder Panic Through Trigger WarningsStephanie GreyChapter 4. Gender Constructions and Trauma: Trigger Warnings as an Accommodation for Female Students in Higher EducationJordan DollChapter 5. Walking on the Shards of the Glass CeilingJane Gavin-HebertChapter 6. An “App” for That: The Case Against an ‘Equal Access’Bonnie WashickChapter 7. Writing Policy About Trigger Warnings: The Experience of the American Association of University Professors and the American Library AssociationBarbara M. JonesPart II: Case StudiesChapter 8. Institution-Wide Trigger Warnings: A Case Study of a University’s ‘Common Reading’Joe C. Martin & Brandi N. FrisbyChapter 9. On Privilege, Authority, and Abuses of Professional PowerJami McFarlandChapter 10. Trigger Warnings, Protectionism, and the Feminist Student SubjectPinky HotaChapter 11. Beyond Trigger Warnings: Handling Traumatic Topics in Classroom DiscussionKari StorlaChapter 12. Adapting Trigger Warnings in the Introduction to Women’s Studies Course: A Case StudyElizabeth TolmanChapter 13. Trigger Warning Expectations: Potential Ripples and RamificationsSusan StearnsChapter 14. Lived Experiences of Military Veterans in the College English Classroom: A Case StudyGretchen Oltman & Kristine LeibhartChapter 15. Trigger Warnings to Protect Learning: A Case Study in Public SpeakingKristina Ruiz-Mesa, Julie Matos & Gregory LangnerChapter 16. Teaching Disruptive Literature in Precarious Times: A Case Study from Library and Information ScienceDavin Helkenberg