Attendees of this week’s Hazing Prevention Consortium (HPC) Summit at the University of Maine learned about tools and strategies for ending hazing on college campuses, and creating more inclusive, welcoming communities.
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College campuses across the country are working to put an end to hazing, a form of interpersonal and community violence that is often normalized and minimized through tradition. At the same time, post-secondary institutions are grappling with legacies of racism and white supremacy rooted in similar norms and practices.
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Elizabeth Allan, a UMaine professor of higher education, is a leading researcher on hazing and the founder of StopHazing, which works to promote safe and inclusive schools, campuses and organizations.
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Emmanuel Osam Duodu of Cape Coast, Ghana is the 2024 recipient of the Student Development in Higher Education Excellence Award from the graduate programs in higher education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. Read a Q&A with Duodu below.
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When Jolayne Houtz remembers her son, Sam Martinez, words like “adored,” “gifted,” “warm” and “athletic” come to mind. “The thing I always remember about Sam was that he was really loyal,” Houtz says. “He always wanted to be there for his friends if they were having a hard time. Just always supportive and kind.” Growing […]
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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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Devin Franklin from Fort Worth, Texas is one of the recipients of the 2023 Student Development in Higher Education Excellence Award.
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In an article about hazing on college campuses, Insider cited a guide to preventing hazing on university campuses published by researchers from the University of Maine and Cornell University.
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In an article about efforts to combat hazing in the Middletown Area School District, the Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) noted a proposal in which StopHazing, an organization led by University of Maine Professor of Higher Education Elizabeth Allan, would work with the district for three years, collecting and assessing data on Middletown’s school culture through surveys and focus groups, then working with the district on a “culture shift process for hazing prevention” that would involve bystander intervention training, community outreach and other methods.
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Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan talked to News Center Maine for a story about a hazing incident that occurred at a fraternity house at the University of New Hampshire in April.
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