It's wonderful to connect with passionate higher ed folx on this. My interests run broad when it comes to TIC because there's so much work to be done, and as Lisa said, faculty and even staff are often not comfortable with or not sure how to support students, recognize when they are triggered themselves, etc.
I am a doctoral candidate in Antioch University's PhD in Leadership and Change program, and my dissertation research is focused on trauma-informed college and university food pantries for student success. College student food insecurity runs up to 4 times the rate of the general population and is gaining recognition as an ACE.
I also work in Student Activities and Leadership Programs at Portland State University supervising our student-led pantry. We've been discussing TIC across student affairs, and I've facilitated a faculty development session on trauma-informed community-based learning because I have found faculty need support in thinking about how they prepare students to work with organizations that serve community populations that may have experienced trauma.
I would love to connect/collaborate! If anyone is also attending, in the Fall, I'm presenting at Trauma Informed Oregon's conference about relational practices for trauma-informed organizational change, and I'll be at the NASPA Western Regional Conference presenting with students about our journey in developing a trauma-informed food pantry (spoiler, we still have a long way to go).
ahamilt@pdx.edu