2: Literature Review of Gender-based Violence Against Trans & Non-binary People

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Jessica Wright
Assistant Professor
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Project
Academic experience
100 hours per learner
Learner
Canada
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Humanities Education Social sciences Social justice
Skills
research team leadership
Details

This contract ($450) involves working with another student who is the student team lead to undertake a literature review and produce a report on the findings. Students will be reviewing and synthesizing literature on gender-based violence against and among trans and non-binary people (approximately aged 14 to 35) as part of a larger project researching educational solutions to prevent gender-based violence. The larger project is exploring how trans and non-binary people are often excluded from research on gender-based violence due to the underlying cis-heteronormativity in how gender-based violence is imagined. As such, the ways that trans and non-binary people encounter rape myths are not accounted for in the literature, and this constitutes a major gap since rape myths are the central force behind rape culture. We need to understand how trans and non-binary people encounter rape-supportive attitudes to better know how to prevent and respond to survivors who are trans and non-binary.

Deliverables

The literature review should focus on the Western (predominantly North American) context:

  • What are the current trends experienced in trans and non-binary communities (approximately aged 14-35) related to gender-based violence?
  • What are the gaps in research?
  • How are rape myths related to non-binary and trans people accounted for or not accounted for in the literature? Who is the focus of the literature that exists (i.e., binary trans people, non-binary people, femme non-binary people)? What distinctions are made in the literature for differences within the categories trans and non-binary?
  • In what ways do trans and non-binary people resist gender-based violence?
  • What kind of programming exists that specifically tailors to the needs of trans and non-binary people in preventing and responding to gender-based violence?

The final report should summarize the articles that have been reviewed, make connections between them to identify and explain themes, as well as note gaps for further research.

Mentorship

I will provide initial direction and a background on the overarching study so that the student will be clear about what the objectives of the literature review are. I will be available to meet with the student should there be any challenges during the literature review or report writing stages. I will supervise the student by checking in with them about the progress of the work to make sure they feel the work is on track.

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
51 - 200 employees
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