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Assistant Professor David Byers on Bias-Based Aggression and Bullying

March 23, 2023
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Assistant Professor David Byers

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Assistant Professor David Byers was recently interviewed by the Online Experiences & Engagement Task Force of The American College Personnel Association, an organization for college student affairs professionals. 

Among Byers' research interest is bias-based cyber bullying and engagement.

From the interview:

"Before transitioning into academia I worked in counseling programs at several universities and community clinics and did psychotherapy and consultations in high schools and colleges. I encountered many clients鈥搊ften queer and trans young people鈥搘ho sought help because they had experienced or witnessed bias-based aggression online in spaces where they were exploring themselves and finding community. I ran psychotherapy process groups where students would seek and receive support from each other about how to respond to extremely threatening racist, homophobic, transphobic, and other gender-based aggression鈥揳nd I could see firsthand how generative and important this peer-to-peer support was."

Read the on the ACPA website.