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I help people see
sexual violence differently.

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Kiara Mikita, PhD

Sexual Violence Educator, Researcher,
and Visual Practitioner

ABOUT ME

I draw on evidence-based research to create powerful, interactive, unconventional material that unpacks what is often taken for granted about sexual violence. 

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Teaching and learning about sexual violence puts the pep in my step. I've been doing it for over a decade, and have loved every moment of it.

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No matter what the context of our work together, no one leaves thinking about sexual violence the same way again.

About Me
What I Do

WHAT I DO

I create playful, engaging spaces, build community, and facilitate transformative learning about sexual violence. 

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My content and practices are dynamic, research-informed, and yield learning with significant real-world applicability.

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I do not read slides, point at charts, or wallop people with material.

If you're bored, I'm bored, and nobody wants to be bored.

How You Benefit

WHY IT MATTERS

When we know better we do better, 
but sometimes we don't know what we don't know,

so we don't do better because we didn't know we could.

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Learning about sexual violence is a lot like that. For example, did you know:​

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Knowing more means doing better, and that can mean unlearning what we thought we knew and learning what we didn't know we didn't know.

My Research

MY RESEARCH

Current and recent projects include:

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  • looking at how best to support community building and collaboration among sexual violence professionals,

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  • shedding light on how women act during and after being assaulted by men (and, in particular, by men they know),

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  • critical analysis of how to rid our language of victim-blaming and problematic assumptions about men, and

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  • exploring how to dismantle silos amidst disciplinary groups working in sexual violence.

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