In this seminar, we discuss preliminary findings from Campus Sexual Misconduct in a Digital Age (CASMIDA), a three-and-a-half-year collaborative project that explores the intersections between sexual misconduct on university campuses and technology-facilitated sexual violence and harassment (TFSV) in Singapore. Sexual misconduct is defined as any nonconsensual action of a sexual nature, whereas TFSV indexes a range of behaviors aided by digital technologies to harm individuals—also known as “online harms.”
Drawing on our data garnered from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), we trace the impact of digital technologies on sexual violence. How prevalent is TFSV and what are the dominant forms experienced by NTU students? What are some of the challenges NTU staff and faculty face in dealing with TFSV and campus sexual misconduct as a whole?
Join us for this important conversation.
TW: This seminar contains discussions of sexual violence and may be overwhelming for some.
Speaker Bios:
Michelle H. S. Ho is an Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Communications and New Media. With over a decade of experience researching and teaching issues of gender and sexuality in contemporary Asia, she has published on these in various leading journals. Her first monograph, Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies, came out with Duke University Press in 2025. This semester, she is on a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Writing Fellowship hosted by Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, and welcomes conversations with faculty and graduate students. Connect with her at: michelle.ho@nus.edu.sg
Olivia Choy is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her research focuses on examining biological factors together with psychological and social environmental variables to gain a more complete understanding of the development and treatment of antisocial and criminal behavior in children and adults. Specifically, she studies psychophysiological factors, brain mechanisms using non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroimaging methods, and nutrition in relation to crime and antisocial behavior.