Go Find Yourself Fostering Growth in the Bully and Bullied Texas A&M University: Waylon Hastings, Brooke Wilson, Colby Seay, & Jesse Hernandez

❖ Free Speech ➢ Students are guarenteed rights on a state institution’s campus ➢ Offensive speech is protected ➢ Speech against societal decency is protected ❖ Title IX ➢ Sexual Harassment ➢ When free speech becomes harassment ❖ Assessing Threat- Direct Threat and True Threat ➢ True Threat ➢ Direct Threat and Test  Nature, duration, and severity of the threat  Probobality the threat will occur  Will a modification of policy prevent the risk Implications of Bullying

❖ Encountering Change ➢ Coping with the transition ❖ Reciprocal Determinism ➢ Creating a safe learning environment ❖ Cyberbullying ➢ Social media as a medium Go: Welcome to a New World (Bandura, 1978; Evans et al, 2010; Rivituso, 2014)

❖ Searching for Morals: Perry and Kohlberg ➢ The impacts on integrity ❖ Searching for Ourself: Characterized by Three Processes ➢ Trusting internal voice ➢ Building an internal foundation ➢ Securing internal commitments Find: Everyone is Searching (Magolda & King, 2004; Perry, 1999; Kohlberg, 1976)

Yourself: Happiness From Within ❖ Social Identity in a Three Step Process ➢ Categorize ➢ Identify ➢ Compare ❖ Purpose Driven by Self Authorship ❖ Discover Your Place in a New Community (Chickering & Reisser, 1993; Jones & McEwen, 2000; Love, 2002; Tajfel & Turner, 1979)

Go Find Yourself Campaign ❖ Pilot program in the residence halls this year ❖ Incidents of bullying can be reported to RAs or anonymously at ❖ Facilitate conversations with a developmental approach ➢ We can help you find yourself ❖ Fostering community within the residence halls ➢ We can help you appreciate and value those around you

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