The McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention engages in research and education on sexual violence among college students.

Our Mission

The McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Utah engages in research and education on sexual violence among college students, particularly as it affects students from historically minoritized backgrounds, including students of color, queer and trans students, and students with disabilities. The center seeks to bridge the gap between research and education by bringing together researchers, prevention educators and students to focus on scholarship and best practices for understanding, intervening in, and preventing sexual violence. In carrying out this mission, the center's work benefits students of all backgrounds and demographics.

Our Team

The McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention is led by faculty, staff and student assistants. Faculty and staff in the center strive to engage in transformative practices aimed at shifting the campus culture to address violence at its roots. Our staff conduct on-going, in-depth research about the roots of sexual violence and use that knowledge to design educational programs and content. We intentionally hire students who are passionate about violence prevention, without requiring them to have previous experience in this area and mentor them throughout their time working for the center.

Learn more about our team at this link.

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10d

Abolition is a concept many of us learned about for the first time while studying American History in school. Abolition is about dismantling harmful institutions—like slavery, police, and prisons…And it is also a framework for dreaming about the end of sexual violence.

Our current response to sexual violence is punishment. In the future, we imagine a world where instead of punishment, we engage people who’ve caused harm in accountability.Accountability work lends towards more positive behavior change, and eventually a safer world for everyone.

#abolition #primaryprevention #preventharm #violenceprevention #universityofutah #mcvp #endsexualviolence #accountability #justice #dreamingofabetterworld

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What’s your favorite true crime story?
True crime is very popular, yet consuming true crime can be very harmful.

It:
Erodes our sense of safety and community.
Reinforces rape myths about how violence happens, and who violence happens to.
Provides entertainment in the form of someone else’s suffering.
Is NOT primary prevention.

Think about changing the way you consume true crime.

Is it really worth it?

#truecrime #harm #primaryprevention #preventharm #violenceprevention #universityofutah #mcvp #endsexualviolence #dreamingofabetterworld

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Calling all students, staff, faculty, and U of U community! Join us Tuesday, April 8th from 4:30 - 5:30 pm in room 1140 in the library for our Reading and Respecting Boundaries and Accepting Rejection workshop!

Learn how to navigate boundaries and rejection in a nonjudgmental community space. This is a prevention piece for the @uofuwellness Sexual Assault Awareness Month programming. Let’s learn how to improve the health of our relationships starting with ourselves! See you there

#primaryprevention #preventharm #violenceprevention #universityofutah #mcvp #respectingboundaries #acceptingrejection #SAAM #sexualassaultprevention

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Mark your calendars! Our Annual End-of-Year Celebration is just one week away!

Join us next Thursday, April 10th at 11 AM for a gathering filled with presentations, reflection, celebration, and COMMUNITY! Come celebrate all we’ve achieved this year and share some exciting announcements! Plus, free food!

If you are reading this, then YOU are INVITED! Don’t miss out on this chance to connect, reflect, and cheer to what’s next! See you there!

Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building Room 7180 (Child Hall)
Thursday, April 10, 2025
11 AM – 1 PM

#mcvp #endofyearcelebration #communityvibes #celebratetogether #excitingthingsahead

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Consent is sometimes simplified into yes means yes, and no means no. But it can be more complicated than that, especially when that “yes” is said due to coercion.

Coercion is pressuring, persuading, forcing, or manipulating someone into doing something they don’t actually want to do. Getting someone to have sex with you should never be the result of coercion. We should want our partners to want to have sex with us!

#primaryprevention #preventharm #violenceprevention #universityofutah #mcvp #consent #coercion #coercedyes