When Speech Causes Stress: Supporting Campus Constituents

People do not seem to agree on much right now; however, there does seem to be consensus that this is a challenging and painful time on college campuses. This month’s guests, Dr. Katya Armistead, assistant vice chancellor and dean of students for UC Santa Barbara and Dr. Genie Kim, director of student mental health and wellbeing at the UC Office of the President, discuss the hard work of providing support to the campus community when ugly speech rears its head.Episode Resources"How two Dartmouth professors are addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" (NPR)Student mental health & well-being (UC Office of the President)Message to students on "Campus Climate and Civility" from Margaret Klawunn, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and guest Katya Armistead at UC Santa Barbara