Resources for Faculty
We recognize you often are the first to notice when a student is in distress. In addition, you may need information about your own emotional and mental health. While you'll find information in the self-help section, the information below is directed towards you specifically.
- FERPA and Confidentiality from the U.S. Department of Education
- On-line workshops on Students in Distress from Pennsylvania State University
Guidance on Disturbing Writing by Students
"Responding to Disturbing Creative Writing: A Guide for Faculty and GTAs" from the University of Colorado at Boulder English department
"Responding to Students in Distress" from Virginia Tech Dean of Student Affairs
College Boost Counseling in Wake of VA Tech: NPR "Talk of the Nation" program that
featured Greg Eells as a guest. There is a beginning segment encouraging faculty to ask students about writing that is disturbing (Tristan Davies,
Senior Lecturer at John Hopkins University addresses this).
Tom McGuinness of Boston College has been working with the faculty in their Freshman
Writing Seminar in helping them identify and deal with "troubling texts" for many
years. Tom did a presentation on this work at the 1995 AUCCCD conference and is open
to people contacting him (mcguines@bc.edu) for more information.
"Responding to Disturbing Content in Students' Work" brochure from Binghamton University.