Dear Faculty: The Importance of Content Notices

Dear faculty of Amherst, Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. With constant encouragement from my professors to pursue even the most complicated of questions, I am writing with a proposal regarding the engagement of potentially traumatic material in courses. Traumatic material comes up often in courses, whether it’s discussion of oppressive systems or gruesome depictions of violence (often the two intersect). For the purpose of this letter, I will discuss sexual violence specifi