Making Sense of Fractured Identities: Male Professors’ Narratives of Sexual Harassment

Abstract

The university has become a site of increased debate over policy and procedures as the experience of sexual harassment reaches all levels of the academic hierarchy. Although this topic has been researched thoroughly, few studies have explored sexual harassment through the voices of men in academe. In this study, sexual harassment is explored from the perspective of two men who are tenured, full professors at a southwestern university. This research employs narrative analysis to locate patterns of discourse that illuminate fractured identities. Through the examination of these fractures, this analysis exposes the ways gender, identity, and sexual harassment are intertwined within academe.

Keywords:

• Sexual Harassment
• Gender
• Discourse
• Fractured Identities
• Male Narratives

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Notes on contributors

Jennifer Ann Scarduzio

Ms. Jennifer Ann Scarduzio (MA) is a PhD student in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University

Patricia Geist-Martin

Dr. Patricia Geist-Martin is is a professor at the School of Communication, San Diego State University