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Make It Make Sense: ICE Out - The Ink, 2026
Teacher Showed 'Predatory Grooming Behaviors' with Eagan High Girls, Police Detective Concluded - MPR News, 2025
When Title IX Investigators Handle a Case, University Lawyers Have 'A Few Suggestions' - The State News, 2025
The Diddy Verdict and the Message It Sends Sexual Assault Survivors - USA Today, 2025
Cassie's Harrowing Testimony, The Myth of 'Mutual Abuse' and What Domestic Violence Really Looks Like - USA Today, 2025
As Cassie Shares Graphic Abuse Details in Diddy Trial, Are We All Asking the Wrong Question? - USA Today, 2025
I Spent a Year Studying Campus Sexual Violence. Here's What I Found Out. - Nature, 2025
Title IX Was 'Trump's Canary in a Coal Mine' - Spitfire News, 2025
Attention-Seeking Bigot Claims Immigrants Are 'Raping Our Women' to Justify Bill That Could Harm Survivors - Jezebel, 2025
Are We Reading Too Much Into That Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Footage? - USA Today, 2025
Neil Gaiman's Book Was Turned Into My Favorite Movies. Now, I Don't Know How to Watch It Again. - USA Today, 2025
Not Only Do Campus Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special Treatment - Jezebel, 2024
Jay-Z's Response to Rape Allegations Shocked. Our Reaction Matters Too. - USA Today, 2024
New Book Highlights Systemic Problems in the Title IX Office - Insider Higher Ed, 2024
Half a Century After Title IX, Universities Are Still Failing Survivors: The Ms. Q&A With Nicole Bedera - Ms. Magazine, 2024
Trump Is Not Women's "Protector": New Brett Kavanaugh Report Shows MAGA Protects Predators - Salon, 2024
College Title IX Offices Operate Behind Closed Doors. This Researcher Got Inside. - Chronicle of Higher Education, 2024
Will the Jury Believe Stormy Daniels? - The 19th, 2024
How Jonathan Majors Used His Post-Conviction Interview to 'Attack the Victim' - Guardian, 2024
Jonathan Majors Sparks Backlash for Bizarre Interview Quote - Newsweek, 2024
Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault, Harassment After Weeks of Jarring Testimony - Jezebel, 2023
Jonathan Majors' Trial Has Been Jarring. Domestic Violence Experts Have Seen It All Before. - Jezebel, 2023
'Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself' and the Language of Domestic Violence - Prism, 2023
"Himpathy" is Making Colleges Suspicious of Women Who Report Sexual Assault - Jezebel, 2023
What the 'Red Zone' on College Campuses Teaches Us About Sexual Assault - USA Today, 2023
Criminals on Campus: Student Sexual Assault Survivors Seeking Justice Face Murky Process Under Title IX Amid Political Shifts - Boston Globe, 2023
A Crusade to End 'Reverse Discrimination' - Chronicle of Higher Education, 2023
Jonah Hill's Texts Spark Discussion on 'Therapy Speak' -- And If It Was Misused. Here's What Experts Say. - Boston Globe, 2023
Jonah Hill's Texts Expose the Problem with 'Therapy Speak' - Jezebel, 2023
Armie Hammer is Sharing His Side of the Story. Should. We Be Listening? - USA Today, 2023
Amber Heard Seeks New Defamation Trial After Losing to Johnny Depp - New York Times, 2022
Despite Men's Rights Claims, Colleges Expel Few Sexual Misconduct Offenders While Survivors Suffer - USA Today, 2022
Why Are Utah Athletes Asked to Provide Menstrual Histories in Order to Participate? - Salt Lake Tribune, 2022
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, And Why Our Reactions Matter - USA Today, 2022
Campus Advocates Provide Key Support to Sexual Assault Survivors - But 'Superheroes' Are in Short Supply - Cal Matters, 2022
Are MSU's Changes Enough to Regain Trust on Sexual Misconduct? Experts Say No - Detroit News, 2022
Abortion Bans Like Lindsey Graham's Say They Have Rape and Incest Exceptions--In Practice, They Don't Work - The 19th, 2022
What's Behind the Pileup of Sex Abuse Scandals? - New York Times, 2022
Does the LDS Church's Sex Abuse Help Line Protect the Faith or Victims? Debate Continues. - Salt Lake Tribune, 2022
The Decision in the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp Case Will Silence Survivors - HuffPost, 2022
Could Toxic Depp-Heard Case Have a Chilling Effect on Accusers? - BBC, 2022
Amber Heard Verdict Blasted as Setback for Women and Domestic Violence Survivors - NBC News, 2022
Sociologist Explains Why So Many DV Survivors Are Discrediting Heard - Newsweek, 2022
Why We Didn't See Amber Heard Coming and What It Might Mean for Other Women Who Allege Abuse - USA Today, 2022
No One Wins in the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp Ruling - refinery29, 2022
The Johnny Depp Amber Heard Ruling Doesn't Matter After the Internet Made a Spectacle of Abuse - Teen Vogue, 2022
Amber Heard, Johnny Depp, and What We Choose to Believe - USA Today, 2022
Juror in Amber Heard Case Said She Wasn't 'Believable.' What Experts in Domestic and Sexual Violence Say About Believability. - USA Today, 2022
Johnny Depp Trial Unlocks New Way for Abusers to Exert Power Over Survivors, Experts Worry - The 19th, 2022
A Trial By Tiktok and a Death Knell for Me Too. Who Won Depp v. Heard? - The Independent, 2022
La Victoire de Johnny Depp dans son Procès contre Amber Heard, Un Revers Fatal Pour #MeToo? - TFI, 2022
Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard - A Mudslinging Spectacle - DW, 2022
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Trial Has Turned Into a Media Circus--And We're Losing Track of What's At Stake - HuffPost, 2022
Cedar Point's Dark Side: A History of Sexual Assault Inside Employee Dorms - WBNS 10, 2022
Tinder's New Safety Tool Asks Daters to Do the Work For Them - Washington Post, 2022
Tinder is Making Criminal Background Checks Available on Your Dates - CNN, 2022
Tinder Now Offers Criminal Background Checks, But There's a Big Problem - The Guardian, 2022
Tinder Lets Users Run Background Checks Before Dates - France24, 2022
Victims of Sexual Harassment on College Campuses Deserve Independent Investigations -- Boston Globe, 20222
Harvard's Sexual Harassment Lawsuit is About Free Speech for Students - Teen Vogue, 2022
Why Andrew Cuomo's Taped Statement Was So Cringeworthy to Watch - USA Today, 2021
Former Nickelodeon Star's Victim Calls Pain 'Indescribable.' How Wholesome Celebrities Exploit Young Audiences to Abuse. - USA Today, 2021
Systemic Silence - University of Michigan's Alumni Magazine, 2021
The Problem with Jeffery Toobin's Apology - USA Today, 2021
The Problem with Asking the Public to Cancel Woody Allen - USA Today, 2021
Evan Rachel Wood and the Healing Power of Naming Names - USA Today, 2021
I Spent My Life Consenting to Touch I Didn't Want - New York Magazine, 2021
We Can't Just Let Boys Be Boys - New York Times, 2018
Kavanaugh: He Says, She Says - BBC, 2018
College-Aged Men Take Moaning and Eye Contact for Consent, Research Finds - Teen Vogue, 2017
Missing the Mark on Consent - Inside Higher Ed, 2017
Rape Prevention Is Still a Woman's Job, Campuses Say - The Daily Beast, 2015
Podcasts & Radio
Whistles, Witnesses, and the Power of Showing Up - Wide Awake America, 2026
Institutional Betrayal: How Title IX Fails Survivors with Dr. Nicole Bedera - Something Was Wrong, 2026
Observing ICE is a 'De-Escalation Tactic,' Sociologist Says - All Things Considered MPR, 2026
MN Sociologist: Be Careful Who You Blame for ICE Tensions - Public News Service, 2026
Sociologist Discusses How Minneapolis is Responding to ICE - RNZ Morning Report, 2020
After #MeToo, What Has Changed? - Disrupted, Connecticut Public Radio, 2026
Preventing Sexual Violence Among Youth - Accidental Experts​, 2025
Nicole Bedera - Deconstructing Rape, 2025
The Protection of Perpetrators and Their Manipulative Behavior - Q&A with Dr. Nicole Bedera - Narcissist Apocalypse, 2025
Do Sexual Assault Allegations Boost Men's Social Status? Dr. Nicole Bedera Explains - justUS, 2024
Addressing Sexual Violence on College Campuses is Easier Than You Think with Nicole Bedera - Struggle Care, 2024
Unpacking Power and Privilege in Campus Sexual Violence: A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Bedera - Centering the Survivor, 2024
How to Support Survivors: A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Bedera - Ending Domestic Abuse, 2024
Dr. Nicole Bedera: "You don't choose to be a survivor. It just happens to you."- enough. 2024
Dismantling Silence & Rebuilding Courage with Trauma-Informed Expert and Advocate for Sexual Violence Survivors, Nicole Bedera - Unconventional Life, 2024
On the Wrong Side with Nicole Bedera - The Survivor's Guide to True Crime, 2024
On the Wrong Side with Nicole Bedera - The Southern Tea, 2024
Conversations Around Sexual Violence Prevention with Nicole Bedera - Cat & Nat Unfiltered, 2024
Breaking the Silence: Sexual Violence, Celebrity Scandals, and Support Systems - So She Slays, 2024
How the Threat of Sexual Violence in Electoral Politics is Both Racist and Sexist: A Conversation with Nicole Bedera - Electorette, 2024
How Protecting Perpetrators Betrays Survivors - OneVoice, 2024
How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence - The Cult Vault, 2024
Combatting Sexual Violence on Campus with Dr. Nicole Bedera - Feminist Law, 2024
How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence - Faith & Feminism, 2024
On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence with Nicole Bedera - Madness Cafe, 2024
​A Conversation About Sexual Violence - Now What? With Brooke Shields, 2023
Preventing Sexual Violence - Girls That Create Podcast, 2023
TRIGGER WARNING! Should We Move Toward or Away From Triggers? - Principle of Charity, 2023
On the Couch with Victoria Bridgland and Nicole Bedera - Principle of Charity, 2023
How Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's Trial Could Impact Victims and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence - Wisconsin Public Radio, 2022
What Does the Johnny Depp Trial Reveal About Social Issues? - WGN Radio, 2022
Social Media Sides With Johnny Depp in Trial With Amber Heard - NPR, 2022
What Amber Heard's Make-up Palette Says About the Legal System (Plus Roe V. Wade) - Slate's The Waves, 2022
Her Research Shows that Some Men Use Sexual Assault Allegations to Their Benefit - Faith and Feminism, 2021
Beyond Trigger Warnings - Tea for Teaching, 2021
respectability politics gone wild - Queersplaining, 2021
Sexual Violence - WYXR Let's Grab Coffee, 2021
The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault - No Jargon, 2018
Teen Sexual Assault - The Annex: A Sociology Podcast, 2018
Campus Sexual Violence Researchers: Focus on Due Process Comes at Victims' Expense - Michigan Radio, 2017
From Dream Bride to Doll for Boys: The Evolution of the Barbie Ad - NPR All Things Considered, 2015