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Jocelyn Hollander is an academic expert in the prevention of sexual assault and other forms of violence against women. Her recent research investigates the effectiveness of women’s self-defense training for preventing sexual assault, both on college campuses and in the larger community. She developed and co-teaches the University of Oregon’s empowerment self-defense classes, taught through the Department of PE and Rec. She is also an expert in interactional approaches to gender and preparing graduate students to teach.
Recent Media:
- Self Defense Training is Empowering These Women to Get Outdoors (Backpacker Magazine, July 20, 2022)
- What I Gained From Self-Defense Class in the Wake of Anti-Asian Attacks (The New York Times, June 9, 2021)
- Belarusian women turn to self-defence in battle against domestic violence (Global Voices, March 31, 2020)
- After the #MeToo movement, women are choosing to strike back, literally (Chesterfield Observer, Oct. 9, 2019)
- ‘Empowerment Self-Defense’ Programs Make Women Safer. Why Don’t More Colleges Use Them? (The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 19, 2019)
- Woman jogger stabs man who grabbed her from behind: Can self-defense keep you safe? (Yahoo Lifestyle, Nov. 15, 2017)
- #MeToo and sexual violence in the U.S. fire service (The Huffington Post, Oct. 20, 2017)
- Why is campus rape still so prevalent? A 40-year-old journalist went back to college to find out (Glamour, Aug. 2, 2017)
- Why isn’t self-defense training available to every woman who wants it? (The Huffington Post, June 17, 2015)
- Trained that 'No Means No,' young men act to stop rape (Reuters, June 17, 2015)
- Teaching women to fight today could stop rapes tomorrow (Quartz, June 11, 2015)
- Campus rape crisis: What’s missing from the White House sexual violence plan (WBUR, Sept. 11, 2014)