Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, will partner with acclaimed PBS filmmaker Byron Hurt to develop a collection of hazing prevention resources to accompany Hurt’s 2022 documentary, “HAZING.”
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The School of Learning and Teaching in the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development will host a series of graduate student research forums to help students meet each other, discuss their research interests, and learn more about faculty scholarship.
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Educators have long recognized the power of poetry to inspire an enduring passion for language in children. But over time, poetry instruction for beginning readers has declined in favor of other teaching methods. Now, some scholars are trying to revive it. In an article, “Why Poetry for Reading Instruction? Because It Works!” published in the […]
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Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality, and Deborah Mitchell, retired UMaine police sergeant, presented their research, “A qualitative analysis of interviews with women who experienced sexual assault and who told no one,” at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in Montreal, Nov. 8–11.
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Communication technology plays a major role in the relationships between teens and their nonresident fathers, new research from a University of Maine professor finds.
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A new study led by University of Maine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan on the prevalence of college hazing and students’ attitudes about hazing behaviors provides fresh insights to inform prevention efforts.
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A greater understanding of the serious and often long-lasting effects of complex risk factors has led to the development of systems-oriented models of prevention and intervention in schools.
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The Los Angeles Times cited a 2008 University of Maine study on hazing in an article about the death of a University of California, Riverside student.
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NJ.com cited a 2008 University of Maine study in an article about U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance of New Jersey becoming the lead sponsor of the Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act.
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Maine Public spoke with Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine, about her hazing research.
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