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Teaching With Trauma and PTSD: Navigating the Aftermath of Sexual Assault as a Graduate Student Instructor

by Cat Williams-Monardes | Xchanges 19.2, Fall 2025


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Contents

Introduction

Conceptualizing Sexual Trauma and PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Challenges of Teaching with Sexual Trauma as a Graduate Student Instructor

Integrating Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Critical Disability Theory, and Networks of Care

Reframing Shame

Building Community

Evolving Assessment Practices

Concluding Thoughts

References

About the Author

Concluding Thoughts

Overcoming shame is a recursive process, as is healing from trauma, as is navigating PTSD. Because there is no way to undo assault, there are no easy fixes. I suppose this would not be a complete article without looking towards the future or calling upon the administration. Still, the future of education looks increasingly bleak, and it seems as though administration will be rather preoccupied in the coming years. So, if I call upon anyone, it is upon you: Care for yourself, give your students grace, and treat your instructors with compassion because you don’t know who was raped last weekend or who will be raped tomorrow.

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Posted by chanakya_das on Dec 05, 2025 in Issue 19.2

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