The Courage to Study What We Wish Did Not Exist

This editorial marks the final issue of Volume 15 of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (JTD). Much like the work of compiling manuscripts for this volume, it reflects a collaboration between the editorial assistant (Smith) and the editor (Freyd). We bring to this editorial our perspectives from our JTD work but also our insights from work as researchers of institutional betrayal. Most recently, our thoughts about what it means to be trauma researchers and clinical scientists have been shaped by our efforts to address sexual violence on our own university campus.