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Pathbreaking Hazing Prevention Consortium Makes History
May 2024 | StopHazing Contributors | Hazing Prevention Consortium Continuing its pathbreaking work, the Hazing Prevention Consortium (HPC) makes history as the most comprehensive and enduring hazing prevention initiative. Last month, the HPC hosted its largest ever Summit. Film crews and journalists caught a glimpse of how StopHazing is leading the nation and guiding the… Continue reading »
StopHazing Announces New Staff Member: Hazing Database and Outreach Coordinator
November 2023 | Orono, Maine | StopHazing announces a new staff member, Megan DeShon-Runge, as the Hazing Database and Outreach Coordinator. Megan DeShon-Runge (she/her/hers) joins the StopHazing team in the role of Hazing Database & Outreach Coordinator. Megan steps into this role with 10+ years of combined experience in higher education including work with fraternity… Continue reading »
Partnership Announcement: Family channels grief into gift to support UMaine’s hazing prevention research
November 14, 2023 | Last week, the University of Maine shared Family channels grief into gift to support UMaine’s hazing prevention research, detailing a generous gift from Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez, establishing the Samuel Martinez Hazing Prevention Fund at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, in honor of their son,… Continue reading »
Student Journalist Creates Video Highlighting Campus Hazing, A Taboo Topic with Long-Term Damaging Effects
October 23, 2023 Guest writer: Ella Allan-Rahill, Student Research-to-Practice Intern* As a student intern with StopHazing, it is always exciting to see the hazing prevention work of others my age. Earlier this year, Jillian Taylor, a recent graduate and student journalist at Southern Methodist University (SMU), created a video discussing her perspective on the hazing… Continue reading »
Next Cohort of Hazing Prevention Consortium Launches with 11 Colleges and Universities
October 19, 2023 StopHazing is launching a new cohort of the Hazing Prevention Consortium™ (HPC) with eleven colleges and universities this Fall. The HPC is a multi-year research-to-practice initiative using a public health approach to build an evidence base for hazing prevention on college campuses. Members come from select colleges and universities that have demonstrated… Continue reading »
HAZING Production Company Partners with StopHazing to Develop Prevention Materials
August 21, 2023 StopHazing and God Bless the Child Productions, LLC (GBC) announced their partnership to release a new collection of hazing prevention resources to accompany director Byron Hurt’s latest documentary film, HAZING. StopHazing researchers and staff will work with Byron, and HAZING producer, Natalie Bullock Brown, to produce the materials to support the film’s… Continue reading »
Dr. Allan writes op-ed for MSNBC about hazing and sexual assault
Dr. Elizabeth Allan, Principal of StopHazing and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was invited to write an op-ed for MSNBC. Identified as leading researcher on hazing and its prevention, editors requested Dr. Allan’s expertise and knowledge about sexual assault and hazing as allegations and lawsuits… Continue reading »
Help Prevent Hazing: 10 Easy Tips for Talking with your Teen
July 20, 2023 | Guest Author: Lisa Stephen, PhD., ACC, NBC-HWC Dear Reader, As I was finalizing this blog, I took a break to take a walk along the river. I saw a university rowing team in a boat getting ready to take off. All of them were wearing heavy headpieces. I could hear the… Continue reading »
Hazing Prevention at a School that “Doesn’t Haze”
December 13, 2022 Guest writer: Bianca Dunay, Student Intern There has been at least one hazing-related death each year since 1970.1 While that statistic is heartbreaking, I’m sure we’ve all thought “There is no way this would happen at my school.” So, at a school that “doesn’t haze,” why do you need to be concerned… Continue reading »
StopHazing Announces New Staff Member: Program & Training Specialist
October 2022 | Orono, Maine StopHazing announces a new staff member, Jenny Desmond, as the Program & Training Specialist. Jenny Desmond (she/her/hers) joins the StopHazing team in the role of Program & Training Specialist (part-time). Having worked as a campus professional, including in Enrollment Management, overseeing New Student Orientation Leaders and Tour Guides, and in… Continue reading »