Faculty and Staff

FACULTY AND STAFF INFORMATION

A faculty or staff member is often the first person at the University a student will tell if she/he has experienced or is experiencing sex discrimination.

The student may share the information for a variety of reasons, such as:

• Requesting a different seat in class
• Requesting a room change in the residence hall
• Explaining an absence or requesting an extension
• Asking not to be placed in a group with a certain student
• Stepping down from leadership in a student organization
• Complaining about a colleague’s behavior
• Explaining uncharacteristic classroom behavior
• Requesting assistance or support

All faculty and staff should be able to identify Title IX-related concerns when they are raised by a student to assure that students receive appropriate support, resource information, and complaint options.

What are common Title IX-related concerns students report to faculty and staff?

• Sexual assault
• Sexual harassment
• Relationship violence
• Sexual orientation/gender identity/transgender harassment
• Gender-based stalking

Other information for sex or gender discrimination:

Types of sex-based discrimination prohibited:

1. Sexual harassment, including sexual violence or assault, occurring in connection with any academic, athletic, extracurricular, or other university program, regardless of the location.
2. Discriminatory decision-making by a supervisor of an employee based on the employee’s sex or by a faculty or staff member against a student based on the student’s sex.
3. Discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation related to pregnancy or parental or marital status.
4. Any related retaliation.
5. Examples of types of conduct that may constitute sexual harassment include:
   • Inappropriate touching, patting, or hugging
   • Non-consensual sexual activity, including sexual assault
   • Invasion of sexual privacy
   • Obscene phone calls, texts, emails, photographs or gestures