Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention

Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention by Donna Freitas, 2019

This memoir delves headlong into the harrowing experience of a doctoral student who finds herself the object of her professor's obsession. The professor invades her student records to identify her addresses and phone numbers, and begins constantly bombarding her with letters and calls - even to her mother, who is ill with cancer. As her professor systematically invades every aspect of her private life, even contacting her friends and stalking her on campus, her sense of safety and security in her academic future crumble.

The student victim is left trying to navigate an administrative system that narrowly defines sexual misconduct and harassment, and grossly mishandles her numerous attempts to hold her abuser accountable and protect her academic career.

If you want to understand how a student's professional dreams and personal life can be destroyed by academic sexual misconduct and psychological abuse, this is a must read.