The Trauma Institute recommends exploring the contributions of the following professionals working in trauma-informed higher education. We do not receive any financial compensation for sharing them.
Professionals
Mays Imad, PhD
Janice Carello, PhD
Tricia Shalka, PhD
Debra Berke, PhD
Judy Cruz-Ransom, PhD
Phyllis Thompson, PhD
Laura Douglass
Mattea Marquart, PhD
Melissa Dennihy, PhD
Teresa “Tese” Maggard Stephens, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
Karen Costa
Alex Shevrin Venet
Cia Verschelden, PhD
Terrell Strayhorn
Websites
Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice
The Strong BRAIN Institute
The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs
BU Center for Trauma and Mental Health
University of Denver
University of Oregon
Essential Elements of a Trauma-Sensitive School System from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Trauma Matters Delaware | A Trauma-Informed Framework for Higher Education
Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) The six principles of trauma-informed care were developed by SAMHSA.
100 Faculty, LLC
12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
American Association of Community Colleges
American Association of Community College Trustees
BrainFacts.org
Campus Pride Index
Center for Equity and Cultural Wealth at Bunker Hill Community College
Community College Research Center
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Detox Local
Flipping Your Lid
Healthy Minds Network
Home Base: Veteran and Family Care
INSIGHT Into Diversity
Kognito
Learning How to Learn
Live Another Day
Loss, Trauma, and Emotion Lab
Mary Christie Institute
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Promoting Resilience Among College Student Veterans Through an Acceptance-and-Commitment-Therapy App
Resource Guide for Trans and Nonbinary Students
ShaQuan Read Counseling and Consulting
Southeast Addiction Center
The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice
The Institute for Family Violence at FSU
The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (ITTIC)
The Steve Fund
The Trevor Project
Thrive at UT
Thriving Campus
Trauma Informed Teaching, Advising, and Learning
Trauma Research Foundation
Trauma-Informed Teaching Blog
UDL on Campus: UDL on Campus: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
Veterans Higher Education Corporation (VHEC)
Books
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire
The Seven Elements of Trust Brene Brown
If we aren’t addressing racism, we aren’t addressing trauma Dena Simmons
Racial Battle Fatigue in Higher Education, Chapter 5: “Traumatic Pedagogy: When Epistemic Privilege and White Privilege Collide” Tapo Chimbganda.
Trauma-Informed Pedagogies: A Guide for Responding to Crisis and Inequality in Higher Education (2022) eds. Janice Carello and Phyllis Thompson
Teaching Community College and Historically Underserved Students: Innovative, Inclusive, and Compassionate Pedagogy (2024) eds. Melissa Dennihy and Zivah Perel Katz
Cultivating Trauma-Informed Practices in Student Affairs (2024) Tricia Shalka
Trauma In Adult and Higher Education(2022) eds. Laura Lee Douglass, Aubry Threlkeld, Lisa R. Merriweather
The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another (2009) Rebecca Cox
Too Scared to Learn: Women, Violence, and Education (2000) Jenny Horsman
The Body Keeps the Score (2014) Bessel van der Kolk
Reparative Universities: Why Diversity Alone Won’t Solve Racism in Higher Ed (2023) Ariana Gonzalez-Stokas
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (2017) Resmaa Menakem
Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (2016) Tia Brown McNair, Susan Albertine, Michelle Asha Cooper, Nicole McDonald, Thomas Major, Jr.
Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (2023) Arlene T. Geronimus
In An Unspoken Voice Peter A. Levine
Ordinary Magic: Resilience in Development Ann S. Masten
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone Thomas J. Tobin, Kirsten T. Behling
