About
Mission
StopHazing’s mission is to promote safe and inclusive school, campus, and organizational environments through research, resource sharing, and the development of data-driven strategies for hazing prevention and the promotion of positive and inclusive group climates.
As a research entity dedicated to building a knowledge base to illuminate the nature and extent of hazing and inform effective hazing prevention, StopHazing’s work is grounded in the following values:
- Research to practice: Purposeful and rigorous inquiry to develop an evidence base that expands knowledge and informs practice.
- Collaboration: Mutually beneficial engagement with organizational partners and individuals to achieve common goals.
- Leadership: Taking action for healthy, inclusive, and equitable group and organizational environments.
StopHazing is an organization dedicated to violence prevention and to disrupting ways in which abuses of power are normalized. As such, the dismantling of racism and white supremacy and other forms of oppression is integral to enacting our mission to promote “safe school, campus, and organizational climates. . .” Read our Juneteenth statement and resource list.
History
2023-e-DC
Members from the Stop Hazing team, Clery Center, and SAFE Campuses LLC join family advocates in DC to speak to federal legislators and gain support for the Stop Campus Hazing Act (formerly REACH).
2023-e-database
Jolayne and Hector Houtz, parents of Sam Martinez, start the Samuel Martinez Hazing Prevention Fund at the University of Maine to support the development of a hazing incident database in partnership with the University of Washington.
2023-c-HAZING Film
StopHazing partners with God Bless the Child Productions, LLC to develop companion materials and a Viewing Guide to accompany Byron Hurt’s film, HAZING.
2023-a-Online Course
StopHazing launches new online hazing prevention course: Stand Up to Hazing
2022-k-10 Signs Toolkit
In collaboration with One Love, StopHazing released a new resource: 10 Signs of Healthy & Unhealthy Groups: Toolkit
2022-h-OH Anti-Hazing Summit
Dr. Allan gave the keynote address at the Ohio Anti-Hazing Summit in Bowling Green, Ohio.
2022-g-DC Trip
Representatives from StopHazing, Clery Center, and Safe Campuses LLC, along with parent and family advocates traveled to DC to meet with Congress to gain support for the REACH Act.
2022-c-ZeroNow Webinar
ZeroNow invited StopHazing representatives as panel guests for a hazing prevention webinar. View it here!
2022-b-Publication
Dr. Allan co-authored a new publication, A Public Health Approach to Preventing Hazing on a University Campus, in the Journal of American College Health.
2021-n-afa
StopHazing virtually attended and presented collaborative sessions at the AFA Annual Meeting.
2021-m-SNAP
StopHazing launches StopHazing Student Ambassadors, formerly Student Network for Advocacy and Prevention.
2021-l-ashe
StopHazing researchers collaborate with colleagues on a research paper and presentation at ASHE.
2021-k-resources-digital tools
StopHazing staff and interns continue to launch new resources, including digital tools, infographics, workshops, and more.
2021-j-sept events
StopHazing hosted multiple events in support of National Hazing Prevention Week & National Campus Safety Awareness Month in September!
2021-g-hpc summit
StopHazing hosts the HPC 2021 Summit virtually for Cohorts 2 & 3.
2021-e-NASPA
StopHazing virtually attended and presented two sessions at NASPA Annual. 1) Building a Campus Website for Hazing Prevention: Lessons from Research & Practice (see the developed Website Rubric) & 2) Leadership Matters: Fostering Commitment to Campus Hazing Prevention.
2021-d-REACH
StopHazing advocates for evidence-based hazing prevention policy – the REACH Act. Learn more.
2021-c-action guide
The Campus Commitment to Hazing Prevention: Action Guide made in collaboration with Clery Center launched as a collection of resources. Download here.
2021-b-strategies
StopHazing virtually attended and presented at NASPA Strategies.
2020-c
StopHazing hosts first virtual Hazing Prevention Academy (HPA) in September 2020.
2020-b
SH researchers and colleagues were invited to California to help facilitate a 2-day Hazing Prevention Conference for the UC System hosted at UC Riverside.
2020-a
Dr. Allan, colleagues, and collaborators hosted a day long pre-conference institute for hazing prevention at NASPA Strategies. SH graduate student interns played a significant role in planning and presenting the program.
2019-d
The third cohort of the HPC is launched. University of Maine is host to the annual HPC Summit.
2019-c
Dr. Allan with Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq., President of The Harbor Institute at the NASPA meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
2019-b
Dr. Allan with colleagues Lauri Sidelko, and Drs. Joel Perez and Jason Meriwether, presenting about campus hazing prevention at NASPA in March 2019.
2019
Data-driven Hazing Prevention Framework (HPF) is published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP).
2018-d
Dr. Allan serves as a keynote speaker for PUSH (Parents United to Stop Hazing) meeting in CA.
2018-c
Dr. Allan, Gary and Julie DeVercelly, and Abigail Boyer of the Clery Center, speak at a Congressional Legislative Briefing about policy implications and hazing.
2018-b
Dr. Allan with Dr. Graham at the State University System of Florida Anti-hazing Summit hosted by the University of Central Florida.
2018
Hazing Prevention Toolkit for Campus Professionals released in collaboration with the Clery Center.
2016-b
Dr. Allan and colleagues partnered with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) for two hazing prevention webinars.
2016
Dr. Allan testifies at the HELP Committee of the U.S. Senate.
2010
Dr. Allan shares research about hazing at more than 25 national and international education conferences over the next four years.
2009-b
International Hazing Research Symposium hosted at the University of Maine included Professor and author, Hank Nuwer as a guest contributor.
2008
Hazing in View: College Students at Risk report is officially released with findings from the National Study of Student Hazing – in collaboration with NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education’s Annual Meeting.
2003-2004
Dr. Elizabeth Allan authors and co-authors several book chapters about hazing, connections between gender and hazing, and transforming hazing cultures.