Hazing Prevention Research Lab
Hazing destroys lives. Hazing prevention saves lives.
In partnership with StopHazing and HazingInfo.org, researchers at the University of Maine work to develop evidence-based approaches to prevent hazing and develop healthy groups and communities that promote belonging and well-being.
Shining a Light on Hazing
As part of our effort to prioritize and amplify hazing prevention, we’re excited to be conducting the new National Study of College Student Hazing. This project is directed by Dr. Elizabeth Allan — Principal Investigator of the original study and the world’s leading scholar of hazing prevention. Dr. Allan and her team are dedicated to conducting rigorous research about hazing and its prevention, research that informs practice for hazing prevention and the promotion of healthy groups, and research that ultimately saves lives and creates a better world.
National Study of Student Hazing and the Lives Remembered, Futures Protected Campaign
From Research to Action
The study updates the landmark 2008 study “Hazing in View: College Students at Risk” led by UMaine Professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. The original study has been cited hundreds of thousands of times in publications, policy briefs, presentations, and news articles, and has informed state and national policies and laws. Dr. Allan, who will lead the new study, is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Maine, the Director of the Hazing Prevention Research Lab, and Principal at StopHazing.org.
Your Donation Will Help Save Lives
Hazing continues to kill, injure, and traumatize students on U.S. college campuses. More than half of college students experience hazing when they participate in teams, groups or clubs. At least one student has been killed by hazing nearly every year since 1959, with more than 100 deaths since 2000. This research will help us develop more effective hazing prevention solutions, training, and strategies to reach our vision: A world free of hazing.
All students deserve to participate in groups, clubs teams, and organizations without being harmed–emotionally, mentally, or physically–by hazing.
Your Gift Will:
of students are hazed
before they enter college
of college students who participate in groups experience hazing
of students who experience
hazing do not report it
Watch: Elizabeth Allan on ‘the Maine Question’ podcast
Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at UMaine’s College of Education & Human Development, has studied hazing throughout her career and become an authority on the subject. Founder of StopHazing.org, Allan’s recent hazing education efforts encouraged Congress to craft legislation, which was recently signed into law, that addresses this national phenomenon.
In this episode of “The Maine Question” podcast, Allan explains how hazing operates and provides examples on how to reduce or eliminate the practice.
