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Associate Professor of Higher Education
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| Office: Jones Hall 320 | Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. |
Dr. John D. Foubert is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the College of William and Mary and is the founder of One in Four. One in Four is a national rape prevention program focusing on male ecollege students.
Dr. Foubert is the author of “The Men’s Program,” a complete manual for how to start an all-male sexual assault peer education group. Dr. Foubert has also published numerous studies about rape prevention in publications such as the Journal of American College Health, the Journal of College Student Development, and the NASPA Journal. Since 1993, his work has been used by countless universities, state health departments, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, rape crisis centers, police departments, and correctional facilities to educate men about rape. His rape-prevention program has been identified as the most effective rape prevention program ever evaluated in the research literature.
An award winning practitioner, scholar, and programmer, Dr. Foubert has been identified by the American College Personnel Association as an “Emerging Scholar” and was the runner-up for the National Dissertation of the Year Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators for his work in rape prevention. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, numerous television news programs, and he has been a featured guest on Voice of America and the National Public Radio program, Talk of the Nation. Dr. Foubert is a regular keynote speaker and consultant to Universities, state health departments, and state sexual assault coalitions on how to lower men’s likelihood of raping.
Consulting Services by John D. Foubert, Ph.D.
National President, One in Four and
Assistant Professor of Higher Education,
The College of William and Mary
In 1993, Dr. John Foubert first wrote “The Men’s Program” – an all male, peer education program that has been identified as the only program evaluated in the research literature to show clear, lasting change in men. In addition to being an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the College of William and Mary, Dr. Foubert serves as National President of One in Four. One in Four supports 17 campus based chapters called “One in Four,” and also sponsors a coast to coast RV Tour of recently graduated “One in Four” members who present his rape prevention program to 50 colleges per year. Dr. Foubert is a regular keynote speaker and consultant on issues of rape prevention and getting men involved in the movement. Dr. Foubert adapts his presentations in accordance with the needs of the organizations and audiences to whom he presents. The following formats and topics are a place to start in considering how you would like him to serve your organization or conference group.
1. A keynote or plenary address focusing on how to get men involved in rape prevention.
Title: Creating Real Change In Men: An Innovative Approach For Rape Prevention (30-120 minutes)
2. A keynote or plenary address focusing on issues in the broader rape prevention movement and how we can all play a role in ending rape.
Title: Harnessing the Power of our Collective Voice in Ending Rape (30-120 minutes)
3. A train-the-trainers workshop for professionals on getting men involved in rape prevention.
Title: Getting Men Involved in Rape Prevention: A Train the Trainers Workshop (8 hours)
4. Training for students who are sexual assault peer educators or are becoming new “One in Four” members on how to present The Men’s Program. (Note: Selected Portions of this Training Can be Done as Separate Workshops)
Title: Presenting ‘The Men’s Program:’ How to Do It and What You Need to Know (2 days)
5. A keynote address for a Take Back the Night rally.
Title: Finding Our Voice: As Survivors and As Activists (15-45 minutes)
6. An inservice workshop for faculty and administrators on educating men about rape and sexual assault.
Title: Educating Men About Rape: A Proven Approach to Make a Difference (60-120 minutes)
7. A presentation of The Men’s Program. How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do
Title: How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do (60-75 minutes)
1. A keynote or plenary address focusing on how to get men involved in rape prevention.
Title: Creating Real Change In Men: An Innovative Approach For Rape Prevention (30-120 minutes)
This keynote address introduces participants to the most effective rape prevention program evaluated in the research literature today – “The Men’s Program.” They will hear how this all-male, peer education program was developed, why it works, how men can be taught to empathize with a rape experience, exactly how “The Men’s Program” changes men’s attitudes and likelihood of raping, and will hear thoughts on how to recruit, select, and train men to be sexual assault peer educators. A major part of the two-hour version of this keynote address will be experiencing the one hour presentation of “The Men’s Program” done as it is presented to college men.
back to top2. A keynote or plenary address focusing on issues in the broader rape prevention movement and how we can all play a role in ending rape.
Title: Harnessing the Power of our Collective Voice in Ending Rape (30-120 minutes)
In this keynote session, Dr. John Foubert provides a deeply moving and highly motivational address that will energize participants to make a difference in their schools and communities. In it he shares the latest national statistics on prevalence of rape, describes the experiences of survivors he knows, and talks about the importance of finding our most powerful individual and collective voices in the movement to end rape. He also shares information on program methods that have been shown to work well, what doesn’t work so well, and what NO MORE is doing to end rape. He then discusses 14 myths the rape prevention movement has embraced and how we need to modify our approach. Later, he discusses the latest statistics about survivors, men who rape, the circumstances of rape, and the aftermath of rape in survivor’s lives. As he concludes, he talks about things we can all do to end rape, how rape affects all of us, a vision for a world without rape, and wraps up with a motivational message about the need for every one of us to be involved.
back to top3. A train-the-trainers workshop for professionals on getting men involved in rape prevention.
Title: Getting Men Involved in Rape Prevention: A Train the Trainers Workshop (8 hours)
Incidents of sexual assault are among the most complex issues faced in our nation today. These incidents, and proactive responses to them, require courageous action implemented in a caring way. This session will empower attendees to start making a difference by creating and advising all-male peer education groups on their campuses, in their schools, and in their communities.
This presentation will be in a “train the trainers,” interactive format. Participants will learn how to recruit men to become involved in a peer education group, how to select members from the many people who apply, how to train them, how to get them started with making presentations, how to insure that they present as frequently as possible, and how to advise them through the many twists and turns of their experience.
Agenda for Presentation:
9:00-9:30 Brief Statement of Goals for the Day
Self-Introduction of Audience
Where they work
The role they play
What they hope for from today
Overview of the Day Tying in What They Hope For
9:30 - 10:30 Present “The Men’s Program”
10:30 - 10:45 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Discussion of Reactions to “The Men’s Program”
Why it Works:
Theories of Attitude Change Underlying The Men’s Program
Research on What Works in Rape Prevention
Outcomes of “The Men’s Program”
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 2:15 How to Identify, Recruit, and Select Peer Educators
2:15 – 2:30 How to Train Peer Educators (or Others)
15 hour version and 45 hour version
2:30 – 3:15 Individual Pairs Practice Presenting Portions of “The Men’s Program”
3:15 – 4:15 Pairs Get Into Small Groups of 8
Each Pair Presents Back to Small Groups
Receive Feedback from Peers
4:15 – 5:00 Discussion of How to Implement Program in Various Contexts
Open Discussion of Thoughts, Questions, Next Steps, Anticipated
Challenges
Getting Media Attention for Your Efforts
Closing Empowering Message
back to top4. Training for students who are sexual assault peer educators or are becoming new “One in Four” members on how to present The Men’s Program.
Title: Presenting ‘The Men’s Program:’ How to Do It and What You Need to Know (2 days)
What usually happens when Dr. Foubert comes in to train a group of peer educators is that they spend the weekend together -- all day Saturday and all day Sunday. The agenda below is a skeleton of how he tends to go about training such groups, but there is plenty of room to tailor this to your individual needs if there is anything you want particularly emphasized. On occasion, he crams material into 1 day, with an understanding that others at the University will conduct the other day of training. A sample agenda includes:
Day 1:
10:00 Opening, Ground Rules, Introductions, Overview of Weekend
10:30 Teambuilder: Why are you here? Strengths you bring to the group
11:00 Presentation of The Men’s Program
12:00 Discussion of Program
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Arming You With Research
2:30 Who is to Blame for Rape?
3:30 What is Consent? Where does Alcohol fit in?
4:30 Issues of Gender Relating to Sexual Assault
5:45 Divide Into Teams and Partner Up
6:00 Closing Circle
Day 2:
10:00 Team Builder
10:30 View Video of The Mens Program
11:30 Rape Trauma Syndrome
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Delicate Dynamics of Discussions of Male-on-Male Rape
2:00 How to Handle Difficult People and Questions
2:45 Role Play of Difficult People and Questions
3:45 Present and Receive Feedback
5:00 Survivor Empathy
5:45 Where to From Here
6:00 Closing Circle
5. A keynote address for a Take Back the Night rally.
Title: Finding Our Voice: As Survivors and As Activists (15-45 minutes)
This moving, high-energy speech centers around the theme of “voice” with a particular emphasis on helping survivors find their voice of empowerment as both survivors and as those who can speak out against sexual violence. A challenge is issued to both men and women to become more involved to end men’s violence against women. In the tradition of Take Back the Night, this speech focuses mostly on helping female survivors find their voice and feel empowered to speak out against sexual assault.
back to top6. An inservice workshop for college administrators on educating men about rape and sexual assault.
Title: Educating Men About Rape: A Proven Approach to Make a Difference (45-120 minutes)
This session is most often done as part of a campus visit where Dr. Foubert’s main focus of his time is to train male students on presenting “The Men’s Program.” This workshop educates student affairs professionals about ways that have been shown to work well, and other ways that do not work as well, to educate men about rape. Participants learn about two theoretical approaches to rape prevention that also have direct application to several other areas of student affairs programming. In addition, participants will hear about the program their students will be learning to present, will see a portion of the program for themselves, will hear about outcomes assessment research demonstrating significant improvement in attitudes and likelihood of raping, and will hear empowering thoughts about how all of us can work to end men’s violence against women or our campuses.
back to top7. A presentation of The Men’s Program. How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do
Title: How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do (60-75 minutes)
In this session, Dr. Foubert presents the rape prevention program he authored, as usually presented by undergraduate male peer educators in “One in Four” chapters.
“The Men’s Program” focuses on teaching men about rape in the context of a “how to help a sexual assault survivor” format. By focusing on men as potential helpers instead of as potential rapists, their defensiveness toward rape is decreased dramatically. The major focus of the program is viewing and processing a video that describes a male-on-male rape.
“The Men’s Program” opens with a non-confrontational tone, making sure everyone knows they can leave at any time, and an overview of what will be covered in the subsequent hour. Definitions of rape and sexual assault are then shared, along with points on how alcohol affecst these definitions. Next, participants view a 15 minute video, with a pre-video disclaimer noting that survivors (men or women) may be particularly upset by the video. The police trainer on the video describes an event in which a police officer encounters a situation in which he had no way to predict what was about to happen, was startled and stayed still, gave in to a rape out of fear for losing his life, experiences a painful hospital visit, fears the potential of sexually transmitted diseases, and endures the reactions of his colleagues who wonder why he did not fight back and suggest that he really wanted the rape to happen.
At the conclusion of the video, the stage for processing the video is set by noting the presumable heterosexual orientation of the perpetrators, as is the case with most male-on-male rape perpetrators. Participants then learn parallels between the police officer’s experience on the video and common experiences female survivors have before, during, and after being sexually assaulted.
After noting that the experience the police officer had is similar to that which has been experienced by one in four college women, participants learn five steps to help a woman recover from a rape experience who comes to them seeking assistance and support. The fourth section of the program focuses on what men could do in their own behavior to help prevent rape including defining consent and using effective bystander intervention strategies. The final section focuses on the intersections between alcohol and sexual assault. In this interactive section, participants are taken through a guided imagery of an alcohol-related rape and are taught effective ways that they could intervene if they come upon such a situation. Participants brainstorm ways to apply this new information to their own social groups, and are left with a powerful reminder on the prevalence of rape in the United States .
Research has shown that this program not only teaches men how to help women recover from rape and increases their empathy toward female rape survivors, but that it also significantly lowers men’s rape myth acceptance and their likelihood of raping over the long term.
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One in Four Peer Educator Tour's departure from Williamsburg, VA.
