Professor and Undergraduate Director of Women and Gender Studies Dr. Anu Aneja wrote the afterword for the recently published anthology Trigger Warnings: Teaching Through Trauma (Lever Press, 2026), edited by Ian Barnard, Ryan Ashley Caldwell, Jada Patchigondla, Aneil Rallin, Morgan Read-Davidson, Ethan Trejo, and Kristi M Wilson.
Dr. Aneja's writing in the collection is titled "Afterword: Trigger warnings, trauma and their 'affects.'"
The collection grapples with these questions: How do instructors navigate the tension between facilitating safe spaces for students while also challenging students intellectually in increasingly politicized classroom settings? How can trigger warnings be used to empower and/or support students and facilitate antiracist, queer, anticolonial, and other social justice-oriented pedagogies?
“This collection enlivens critical pedagogies by treating the subject of trigger warnings with the care and nuanced consideration urgently needed. The contributors prioritize intersectional identities across learning contexts, distinguishing this book as a resource for sustaining community through meaningful educational praxis.”
- Shereen Inayatulla, York College, CUNY, General Editor of WSQ
You can learn more about the anthology here.
February 10, 2026