Angus Johnston

Angus Johnston

Angus Johnston is a historian of American social movements and higher education and the founder of the website studentactivism.net. He lives in New York City, teaches history at Hostos Community College, and speaks regularly on college campuses across the country. Angus can be found on Twitter at @studentactivism.

As White House Investigates Campus Sexual Assault, Another College Under Fire for Mishandling Rape Case

Angus Johnston

Sunday's New York Times report on a 2013 incident at Hobart and William Smith Colleges comes at a time when the failure of U.S. higher education to address campus rape is coming under high scrutiny.

Advocates Respond to White House Report on College Sexual Assault

Angus Johnston

Not Alone: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault is just that—an initial step in an ongoing process. But it's substantial enough to have provoked a considerable response, both positive and negative, from advocates for survivors of sexual assault.

Is This a Golden Age of Teen Sexual Responsibility?

Angus Johnston

Adults tend to think that today's teens are wildly irresponsible about sex. But according to reputable data sources, teens today are not only more responsible about sex than their parents were when they were their age; in many cases, they’re more responsible about sex than their parents are now.

On Prosecutors Having Survivors of Assault Arrested: It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game

Angus Johnston

A recent Slate piece argued that coercing testimony from survivors of violence means more victims testifying, which means more offenders jailed, which means less DV and sexual assault. However, this position is, as it turns out, largely nonexistent in the real world.

Angus Johnston

As White House Investigates Campus Sexual Assault, Another College Under Fire for Mishandling Rape Case

Advocates Respond to White House Report on College Sexual Assault

Is This a Golden Age of Teen Sexual Responsibility?

On Prosecutors Having Survivors of Assault Arrested: It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game

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